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THE HOPEWOOD CHILDREN - AUSTRALIA'S HEALTHIEST KIDS

 

 

 

In 1942, Mr Leslie Owen Bailey, a great philanthropist and founder of

the Natural Health Society of Australia, accepted guardianship of 85

children whose mothers were unable to care for them. Raised in

accordance with Natural Health principles, and cared for in the Hopewood

House at Bowral, NSW, they were to become well known as the Hopewood

children.

 

 

Many of these children were young babies, and because breast feeding was

not possible, they were reared on goats milk. The older children were

initially given unpasteurised cows milk, but due to mucous problems in

some children, fresh fruit and vegetable juices were substituted. From

age two onwards, the diet of these children consisted of fresh fruit,

root and green vegetables, salad, eggs, nuts, rice, porridge, wholemeal

bread and biscuits, dried fruits, unsalted butter, lentils and soya

beans etc. Between meals, only fruit or fruit juices were allowed, and

children were encouraged to drink plenty of water, which, coming from

the local water supply was pure and fluoride free. Treats consisted of

'Hopewood lollies' made from carob, coconut, dried fruits and honey.

 

The Child Welfare Department, who were overseeing the children's health

insisted that the children be given 'meat', but when it was served to

the children, they refused to eat it. Nutritionists from the Sydney

University analysed the nutritional content of the Hopewood diet and the

results showed adequate, even superior levels of protein, carbohydrate,

fat and minerals in the food compared with orthodox diets. After the

results of these tests were made known, the Child Welfare Department no

longer insisted that the children be fed meat.

 

It is noteworthy that amongst these 85 children, no serious illness ever

occurred, no operative treatments were ever performed, no drugs of any

kind were ever taken or used, and NO VACCINATIONS were ever given. The

only malady that occurred was when 34 of the children developed chicken

pox. They were immediately put to bed and given only pure water or fresh

fruit juice. They all recovered quickly without after-effects.

Investigations revealed that these children whilst at school, had been

swapping their healthy lunches for unhealthy conventional foods, so this

outbreak was not altogether surprising.

 

In 1947, Dr N.E. Goldsworthy, a medical doctor and head of the Institute

of Dental Research in Sydney, wanted to investigate the dental health of

the Hopewood children. Dr Goldsworthy and his team conducted an

extensive survey of the children's teeth over a ten year period. This

survey showed that the Hopewood children had 16 times less decay than

other Sydney children the same age. Where Sydney children had had on

average 9.5 decayed, missing or filled teeth per child, there was only

0.58 in the Hopewood children. To use Dr Goldsworthy's own words, the

results were " little short of miraculous " . The Hopewood children were

credited with having the highest standard of dental health ever studied,

even surpassing New Guinea native children who were supposed to have the

best teeth in the world.

 

The Medical Profession also took an interest in the Hopewood children

with Sir Lorimer Dodds and Dr D. Clements, Head of Child Nutrition at

Sydney University, monitoring their health for over 9 years. They

examined both tonsils and adenoids and said they had never seen a group

so free of trouble as the Hopewood children. Also, child psychologist,

Zoe Benjamin, an expert of the day, spent time with the Hopewood

children and expressed amazement at their independent personalities and

contentment as a group.

 

Most remarkable of all was the fact that many of these children

inherited poor health due to a history of illness and malnourishment in

their mothers. Despite this, and the fact that they were never breastfed

nor could enjoy the normal bonding of mother to child, they were able to

grow into sturdy, self-reliant children.

 

The Hopewood children serve as an inspiring example for all those

parents who would like to raise their children naturally, and without

drugs and vaccines. These children are testimony to the truth and

validity of Natural Health. The full story of the Hopewood children

appears in the Natural Health magazines, Volume 5, No's 3, 4, 5 and 6

and Volume 6, No 1, published by the <http://www.naturalhealth.org.au/>

Natural Health Society of Australia.

 

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