THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
By Electric Telegraph— XDopyrigit,
(Per Press Association.)
4rccL S.3G\p.m.) ,'i. MELBOURNE, Sept, 21
The report of the scientific expedition on the Northern Territory states; tlw, health rof the European population, is - remarkably good. The families, of the .second _ generation show no signs of physical deterioration. The residents of. fout decades
compared ; favourably- with the people elsewhere. The malaria endemic is in th« mining ceintres,!but is due to insanitaiy conditions and can. be.remedied. No part of the country^ is carnnng; a fuil capacity bf r stodk. Tick . ; infection is general, but cattle seemed .tp possesssufficient irnmunarty. The natives in the vicinity, of s-etile-inents are mostly demoraiised. It is.- : essential to. prevent theiiv contact with, the Chinese, whose influence is wholly evil;- ■.'•".."■'•
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Grey River Argus, 22 September 1911, Page 5
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