DEATHS FROM DYSENTERY
TWO MAORI CHILDREN Press Association PUKEKOIIE, Monday. The death of two Maor ichildren at Patumaho© last night was the subject of an inquest held to-day by the district coroner, Mr. C. K. Lawrie. A verdict of death from dysentery was returned in each case. Both children belonged to the same family. The elder was Tapara Teihi, aged three years, and the younger Topara Teihi, aged 11 months. The father, Teihi Kano, said the elder child had been ill for five days, and the younger for about three days’. Medicine was obtained for them- from a chemist. Had he thought they were seriously ill he would have called a doctor. He and his wife and children had removed from Pukekohe Hill to Patumahoe about nine days ago. Evidence was given by Dr. L. J. Farman Bull that the cause of death was dysentery.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 650, 30 April 1929, Page 20
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