MAORI CRIPPLES
f TREATMENT DIFFICULTY. I ATTITUDE OF THE PARENTS [■BY telegraph—OWN COKR ESPOJfDENT] ; WANGANUI, Tuesday A vigorous attempt to overcome the prejudice of Maori parents regarding the treatment of their children is being made by the Wanganui branch of the New Zealand , Crippled Children's Society. Extensive investigations. are being carried out in the Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu districts with a view to formulating a scheme whereby the society ,can initiate prompt practical assistance to Maori crippled children. Special committees have been set •up in these districts, and close cooperation is being maintained with the Native Department medical officers of health. Up to the presefit, the bra:tich has experienced, the greatest difficulty in persuading "Maoris to allow their children to be. treated or even to be examined by doctors. It is estimated that there are 20 Maori children in the district served. by the Wanganui branch of the society whose physical defects could be beneficially treated, but most of the parents will not Jtgreo to treatment. In some cases, where they have allowed their children to enter a hosEital, they have taken thein home efore the treatment has been finished.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23284, 1 March 1939, Page 20
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