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Sir Edmund Hillary, during his recent visit to the Gisborne Health Camp, photographed with some of the camp officials. Front row: Miss J. Todd (assistantmstron), Miss F. H. Brown, (matron), Sir Edmund, and Dr. Davidson (school medical officer for the district). At rear are Dr Christian (medical officer of health for the district), Mr J. A. Thorburn (secretary, Gisborne Health Camp Committee), and Mr W. G. Taylor (chairman of the Wellington central Council of the Health Camp Movement).

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Sir Edmund gives little Adrienne Reynolds a hearty push on the swing.

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On the day previous to Sir Edmund's visit, members of the Wellington Central Council of the Health Camp Movement inspected the camp. In this photograph, Mr H. H. Barker, Mayor of Gisborne and chairman of the local Health Camp Committee, is shorn with Mr Taylor and the camp teacher, Mrs Fowler, with some of the children in the camp classroom.

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A happy picture of Sir Edmund and the children on the "Jungle Jim".

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Informal snaps of Sir Edmund at the camp. At left, the famous Hillary smile charms some of the ladies. At right, while Mr. Thorburn and others are conversing with Sir Edmund, three of the little boys become temporarily more conscious of the camera than of their famous guest.

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The camp, which is one of the best appointed in the country, viewed from the grounds. The committee's plans for the future include an ornamental entrance from the Park Domain. Camp normally has complement of about 30 children, and is occupied for all but two months of the year. A well-balanced diet, group activities, free play, and supervised rest periods work wonders with the physical and mental growth of the children, who are drawn from all over the East Coast-Poverty Bay area on the recommendation of district nurses in conjunction with doctors and hospital boards. The children spend eight weeks in the camp before returning to their homes.