HEALTH OF THE MAORI.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 166, 13 July 1907, Page 5

HEALTH OF THE MAORI.

• ■■-■■ ; ■.-. ' ."' ." ■■'■.■••-.■' ■'■•-- V' : ..'-.'..:-*V..: •■ The conference of Maori smoitary inspectors was continued yesterday Boon at the Health offices, High-street. Dr. Pomare' and i>r. Bbck gave demonstrations with ; 'the microscope, particularly pealing ; with -pure, hydatids, and -bacteria', , -j£. Buck spoke -upon the general question of cleanliness in relation to" heakh. He ferred to the need of keeping doga cleatt,and recommended the use of sheep dioi'V Dr. Purdjr introduced; Mr.' Busck who' delivered an instructive Vaddreas'upoa dairying.. Mr. . Busck' emphasised the ' necessity for absolute, cleanliness, and : gsrve minute instructions on. nriDdns' cooling the milk, cleansing:;th£panij antt" making butter.' ' \ ' ; v-«.--">y : ; - ; Mr.-Hori Pukehika. thanked.it. Busck for the valuable informatipn furnished by him,, and expressed! regret matter was "not ia book fprmj -ihe-ques- ; *ion of pure mi]£ '-was 'a; mbsV important ? one, as he.was died through, their- mothers bejng': T ignpr-" ant of the., danger arming from tainted wik. . . ' :'■ :.:■:::: ■;■■ ' Mr. Busck referred to the. iifint mortality, amongst pakehaf, a,'ftd #**& ifcjwa: evident thai white: people, ilso. had much to learn in that respect He pointed out that -work was the true, road to pro*perity.- - . . > . .; ' '•'"."■"• ! ; - Dr. Buck dealt health otthe. kianga, pointing out the need^for'proper, attention to sanitary matters/ ..■'':'::■" This morning Ife.P N om>re spokeiupem communism ; and . individualism. Hβalso referred to :the Maori in the matter; of wealth. \'Sβ' mentioned that cemeterieai- sheuld- not be placed on positions. than 1 the' kianga .or., on: slopes. abovei~springs, from .which water supplies were drawn. "" : " MAORI GERLS AS NDBSES. The ■conierence-. of Maori- sanitary inspectors was conjinued.yesterday affefnoon at the Department's offices; when Inspector Grieve .and Dr. Siairirnan deliverbd•',. faddress/ ttoy|atter" -dealing .especially~..witli. - tine' regulaiiani.iDr pi venting the introduction ojE r disease. ... In the evening the Maori saiiifi»ry T ii£ spectors, together with" Dir. • Purdy and the staff of hia DepeJinient landi.'iDi , . • Pcmare, were entertained at ■ Dr: Buiick'e . J residence, Khyber Pass:■_'■•• Tle ; meeting was a prolonged one, lasting until 5 o'clock this morning. A great amount of the time was spent in speech-inak-ing, the Maori inspectors,..preferring in eulogistic ternw tio^the . i|F«y : in which the Health Department hail looked after their interests'- during thie week. : , i 'The speakers stated it had; oftea been said that the Maori'hid m the days come into contact witK-'naey pitehae in whom vices predominated ever;. toes amd frtHn-whom "they;rapidly.; ae-. _ quired vices." Nw-'howevex theyj'were ■' coming" into .contact with" hi better type , of pakehas :Who were:- aibaouafy -inter-, ested in the ; progress' of 5 the J M«o.ri race and •ieady , to-.aid then;in. their• ■upward pwigress. '. It/was;, also stated • that some 1 of those present;bid attend-ed-the kokotahitenga of jfajor Kemp, held with a view to the waitfeg' oi the Maori people, but .they'were, erf opinion, that the resnlt be fax moie bmeficiak < iio?i. the other- gatherings they,;;V?ent -empty, bnf-.Jroin.- this,'cpnfeenßce;;f^ejr;'. were retumiEg to; hteirc-i nunds stored with;valuable Mormatiop; and also copious notes.- For, : these reasons they felt that this, conference; would result in lasting good, ; to . the Maori race. Their minds'were stored with the. practical laws of health," which they intended to impress upon their people, and they would like, to have a siiniUr conference every, year. , . They reaHsed ; that the bound up with; the-pakeha,. v "tliat .they must in time be absorbed, and therefore-; ifc was that they "wished to educate their

people." j : •">.'"'■'.'' r ■ The Unitary Inspeetoxa;again.B»et on= Saturday morning at .the' i»?e*ms of the Health Department,' when ".Mr. ; ,W, W. Bird, "M.A., Inspector of > Native Schools explained thework. qt.JilJcGovßrnmest . (in educating Maori, girls, to act,as nurses in ' sebtlements. remoyed, from Europeans, and away from medical. aidMr. Bird stated that they .first.; oye the girls a year or two as pupiky ff order to see whether ;they would suitthe work, and they were trying.to place them in -wiribus hospitals to training. At present ther<? W? Maori girls at the three at Napier, and one at He asked the co-operation ot the chipTS assembled, in such am important wotjc The Sanitary Inspectors <m»stsee&mqualified approyal of tUe sdieme ot. tne project, and promised tp giye.it heartiest support. ; - .. * This, dosed the conference. - . . ; :