OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID
NATIVE CHILDREN AFFECTED DIFFICULTIES OF OFFICIALS [by telegraph OWN correspondent] NEW PLYMOUTH. Tuesday Following an outbreak of typhoid in the native settlement at Moturoa the Maoris refused at first to allow affected children to go to hospital. The health officer and sanitary inspector stated they had to fight Ratnna beliefs, which were very strong. The four children affected come from two tworoomed houses which are occupied by 14 persons. The settlement is almost entirely without drainage, and is swampy in wet weather. This condition is considered to be the cause of. the outbreak.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21879, 15 August 1934, Page 10
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