DISEASE AND DEATH AMONGST THE MAORIS. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Wellington, October 13.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7266, 14 October 1891, Page 3

DISEASE AND DEATH AMONGST THE MAORIS. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Wellington, October 13.

Mr (iudgeon, who is holding a sitting of the Niitive Lan 1 Court, north of Glisborne, has forwarded to tho Government a report on tho mortality of the East C »ast lutives, iti which he gives tho nnnics of 72 natives, or neaaly 10 per cent of the population of the district, who have diod since June. He attributes the deaths in u large measure to the burbtroua treatment the patients receive from tho Maori doctors. Comp natively few deaths have occurred at Waipcro, atid this he attributes to the presence of Mr Mathovr •Scott, of the native dispensary. Major (tud^pou WlievcH the resident 3 would giMMtitec L2(H) to secure the services of & good doctor. Mr Scott also furnishes a report stating that the deaths aro duo to 6upi-rstition, lizmess, <uid a natural iuaptiUide in looking after the sick, and alno because the natives refused to accept European medicines, but stick to their tohuugas and Te Kouti rites, and aunointing with oil according to the Mormon creed. The (Jovernmeiit h.ive telegraphed to Mij>r rfudgeon thnt if tho residents will gu,>r,»nteo it subsidy of L20U per {ye^r for a medical mai;, they will (supplement tho .miutwit by L1U0 per annum.