MAORI INFANT’S DEATH
NEED FOR NURSING SUPERVISION “I think the position should be represented to the Health Department. The need for nursing supervision is apparent, and it is not the fault of the parents,” said the coroner, Mr G. H. Morrish, this afternoon, at the inquest into the death of a Maori infant at Motutau.
The father, William Hauraki Wiha, said the child was born at 5 a.m. on July 15, and he was the only person in attendance. He did not know that his wife was to give birth so soon. The nearest doctor was at Whangarei,' 37 miles away, and the nearest neighbour 2J miles away. Dr. H. F. Buckley said that the child’s death was due to prematurity. Its birth would not normally have been due till the end of August. In returning a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, the coroner said that the parents had apparently done all that was possible. They lived in a very isolated district away from all attendance. It was a seven miles’ journey fx'om Pipiwai over very difficult Country, so difficult that a guide was needed. He thought that the position could be represented to the health authorities, with a view to nursing supervision in such cases.
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Northern Advocate, 18 July 1936, Page 3
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