FREE FROM LEPROSY
COOK ISLANDS AND SAMOA ' N It is gratifying to bo able to announce that the Cook Islands and Samoa arc now, so far as is known, free from leprosy- This has been made possible by the policy, of the Government in arranging with the Fijian 'authorities for the segregation of all lepers at the Makogai lqpcr station, where the patients are receiving the most modern medical treatment and nursing care. The Government steamer Hineinoa will arrive at Makogai on Thursday next, after an extended cruise in the northern Cook group and Samoa, and will disembark at the island the last of the lepers from New Zealand Pacific Island territory. It is interesting to note that the number of lepers sent by New Zealand to Makogai is 109, including 9 from the Dominion, 71 from the Cook group, and 29 from Samoa. A large number of these cases are in the early and curable stages of the disease, and most of the patients will probably be returned to their island homes in the course of a few years. The medical treatment and nursing care at Makogai has already resulted in many cases being discharged cured. /
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 125, 29 May 1928, Page 10
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197FREE FROM LEPROSY Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 125, 29 May 1928, Page 10
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