MAORI HEALTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 274, 18 November 1936, Page 16

MAORI HEALTH.

incidence of typhoid. On the motion of Dr. J. P. Hastings, at the meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board yesterday afternoon, it was decided to draw the attention of the Government to the incidence of typhoid fever in Maori communitiesIn bringing the motion before the board, Dr. Hastings said the Maori had his rights. There was no typhoid before the Europeans came to New Zealand. The natives kept healthy mostly owing to a fish diet. The Maori still continued the good habit of eating shellfish, but this food supply was being poisoned by sewage systems. More should be done to preserve the health of the Maori. When the Maori suffered from typhoid fever he became a danger to the pakeha. That had been illustrated at Auckland Hospital recently. New Zealand had a population of 73,000 Maoris and 1,500,000 Europeans, and for the year ended "March 31 last there had been 103 cases of typhoid among the Maori population and 84 among the Europeans. If the incidence of the disease had been in proportion to population there would j k ivr .^ ave been four cases among the, Llr was room for improve- 1 shnni T ± , Bu Kgested that sewage farms | • system P lace ° f the present system p£ <k ? ch argo I>to harbou £ s> j