MAORI WOMAN'S DEATH.
BURN TREATED WITH HONEY. EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. [FROM OT7R OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] PUKEKOHE. Thursday. An inquest into the death of a woman at a native settlement at Kopuku, about 20 miles from Pukekohe, was held by the district coroner, Mr. C. K. Lawrie, at Kopuku yesterday. The deceased was Kaikai Nsataru, aged 29 years, a widow, with one child. Evidence was given that her husband died at Te Kauwhata about 12 months ago. On Wednesday of last week, relatives brought her from Te Kauwhata to reside with them at Kopuku, as she was in a low state of health and appeared to be fretting over the death of her husband. As far as was known she had not been attended by a doctor at Te Kauwhata, and her relatives did not know definitely what was causing her illness. While firing scrub on Monday, she sustained a burn on the leg. This was treated with fresh iioney and bound with calico, but it became septic and the woman died in the early hours of yesterday morning. Dr. A. T. Begg, who made a postmortem examination, said death was apparently due to blood poisoning from,the burn supervening on a weakened condition due to another complaint. A verdict was returned in accordance with the doctor's evidence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20969, 4 September 1931, Page 12
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