DEATH OF INFANT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 199, 23 July 1926, Page 8

DEATH OF INFANT.

EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. “SPRINIvLD WATER ON HEAD.” Per Press Association. TAUMARUNUI, July 23. At the adjourned inquest on the Maori female child who died at Ivaitepeka, tho coroner returned a verdict of death duo to pulmonary affection, probably accelerated by improper food and the lack of proper nursing. Terehia Takiura, who adopted deceased two months ago, said that her husband had some knowledge of native remedies and was often appealed to for advice by natives in time of sickness. None of tho natives in the vicinity of Waimiha was a follower of ltatana, but they believed in “tohungaism” to the extent, in many cases, that a “toliunga” could cure sickness. Her husband had treated deceased for whooping cough. He had sprinkled water on tho child’s head and had prayed God to restore it. She believed in faith healing, and that was tho reason why she did not call in a doctor. She would act in a similar manner again. She was the grandmother of deceased. The coroner stated that ho would inform tho Departments of Justice and Health of the facts of the case.