TYPHOID AMONG MAORIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15250, 13 March 1913, Page 7

TYPHOID AMONG MAORIS.

ipW EUROPEAN CASES. ■ '\^* t ' '''— '' ; „"■ "'/ : ||faEASE, NOT EPIDEMIC. . - - ~~ .-. • •' -■■ '■ ||||ln.- 'widespread occurrence of typhoid ||i|p§irrtbroaghout the Auckland. Province yr;i;w* ; regarded by the health authorities SP'*im for alarm. A large proportion - erifce cases reported during the last six "yj^fffci■'■*• among Maoris, and the disease \ * 3** epidemic, except in the native set- : iSllßients at Te Ahuahu, near Ohaeawai. •Daring February, 61* cases of typhoid ' Iwer. were reported from various parts of tti province. Five of these were in the . *»*y, 12 in the suburbs, and 44 in the i'ifmirj districts beyond Auckland.' yDur- % the first 11 day* of this month, 31 ?/;%*, c * ,e *, were reported, this number InW§j3s& seven new cases at Ohaeawai. 'Stflr** •*• now 26 patients in the typhoid . the Auckland Hospital, of which v |||pf§<» have been admitted this month. .;_-.- ?/Outbreak* of typhoid are usual at this ■■■•■OB, ' and the district health officer ;i||(||^H.;: ; 0. H. Monk) told a Herald wpresentative yesterday that "the. extent y/^C^.da?** was much smaller than had r , |p»'Mj»ected. Only nine cases have been f in the city, a very small number ' &"'* population of 100,000. More than ! *-* half the cases were among the Maoris, and occurrence was ' directly ■ attributable fjf negligence and nncleanliness. The nai <*«» were entirely careless in their tMtbods of obtaining water supplies. The ■■Ml system was to dig a hole, which ;'■£;. «W with water that was allowed—owing to the natives' carelessness—to become ; Pofluted with all sorts of impurities. Dur- '-■»^^ B four months ' rom November to .'!■ ; vj*f , * r 24 cases of typhoid occurred in ;3■* B *■ County, and 26 of the patients ; . i|ip' / Maoris. In January and February «e disease became prevalent in Ohinemuri | RS? 7 ' # *«M 8 cases were reported, 10 of '_ **« being again Maoris. =j£?& l! Monk added that owing to the dry I7?^v?*^ ,er **"*""* the Mortage of water, he. $P ■ -expected many more cases. The "** ***** actor y condition showed that ;^pg*f.- : f ta «*t public was gradually becoming •nested. - The more froquent visits by State j |||W > Municipal health officers and, in- ! •£ss£*%** certainly induced more care--BH§Bgw->dtanly habits among the whole rLvMndation.ik