LEPER STATION
COAIPLAIN TS DEN LED
AHNISTER EXPLAINS POSITION
BY CABLE- TEE&S ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.
AIELBOURNE, June 1
Referring to recent complaints about the leper station at Darwin, theAlinister for Home and Territories (the Hon. C. \Y. C. Atari-)' said that it was quite untrue that the lepers had been left uncared! for and not fed and clothed. He had been advised that- the chief medical officer of the Health Department visited the lazaret every week for iiisjiectioii and treatment of lepers. During the time between the visits treatment was carried out under the supervision of an intelligent half-ca-ste inmate. A weekly ration was supplied to the inmates, and clothes and other articles were supplied when requested. The' recent escape of some of the lepers was not due to maltreatment, hut to quarrelling and jealousy among the lepers themselves. Air Ala it admitted that the site was an unsuitable, one for a leper station, and said the Government was endeavouring at the same time to procure a. better one.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1927, Page 7
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167LEPER STATION Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1927, Page 7
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