WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY?

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1929, Page 6

WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY?

PREVENTING DISEASE SPREADING. HAWERA COUNCILLOR’S INQUIRY. To ascertain whoso was the responsibility for notifying the health authorities that a person was suffering from an infectious disease in a case where the diagnosis had been changed was the object of a statement made by Cr. W. G. Walkley at the Hawera Borough Council meeting on Monday night. He cited the case of a child admitted to the Hawera Hospital suffering, on the original diagnosis, from croup, and who later died in the institution from diphtheria. Croup was not notifiable, but diphtheria was, and where the diagnosis was changed, Or a patient, after being admitted to an institution, contracted a notifiable disease, he wanted to know on whom the onus rested for notification. Tn the particular case he had mentioned the doctor admitting the child and the parents had not learned until after the death what the child had died of with the result that the fumigation of’ the house had not been carried out until five days after the death. The family was a big one, and in those five days the other children had attended school, thus creating a danger of infecting others. Surely it was somebody fl duty, after diphtheria had been diagnosed, to immediately notify the health authorities. , . . The council decided to make inquiries.

DAIRY PAY-OUT AT ELTHAM.

INCREASE IN OUTPUT 5.5 PER CENT The amount of butter-fat received by the Eltham Dairy Company for June was 25,8221b5, representing an increase of .96 per cent, over the returns for tho’corresponding period of last year. The pay-out on July 20 will be at the rate of Is 6d per lb butter-fat. The company’s average advance tor the season to date has been Is 63d per lb butter-fat for cheese-making, and Is 4.3 d per lb butter-fat for buttermaking. Compared, with last year s figures, there has been an increase for the present season to date of 5.5 per cent.

EDUCATION CONTROL CHANGES.

A report of the conference of educational authorities held at New Plymouth on July 1 to consider a pronouncement of. the Minister of Education that certain alterations were to be made in administrative methods was received from the Taranaki Education Board by the Hawera High School Board meeting oh Monday. The conference resolved that, owing to insufficient information as to details of the proposals, it was unable to express a definite opinion on the question of unification of educational control. The Minister was to be requested to make a definite statement as early , a 3 possible regarding changes in administration contemplated under the proposed scheme of unification and supply details to the various-education boards and secondary and technical boards for consideration. . ~ Further explanation was given by Ml. Harding, who, with Messrs Jennings, A. Gray and R. S. Sage, had represented the Hawera board at the conference. “This had been advocated by Mr. Sage for a considerable time; it appears as if someone has ‘stolen his thunder, said Mr. Harding, in referring to the News’ report that at last week s meeting of the Stratford Technical School Board it was decided to forward a remit to the annual conference of technical High School Boards recommending that the Government be urged to devise some scheme of putting boys on the land after they have received agncul tural education.

personal.

Mr, James Wilson, Lower Hutt, Wellington, well-known in building in Hawera is, with Mrs. Wilson, paying a short visit to the town, bein guests of their daughter, Mrs. Tait. Captain MacGregor, accompanied by Lieut. J. W. ? a V Ta ’ ? DH Patea yesterday in the formers D.H. Gipsy-Moth.

AUROA SETTLERS DEPART.

POPULAR MAN ENTERTAINED.

Among the most popular settlers leaving Auroa are the McCarty boys, James, Joseph and Jack, who were tendered ciStsTproposed by and Kissick; The Parents of the Guests, nronosed by Messrs. Bradford and J. Joyce; lndustry, Messrs. Kilpatrick, Morrissey and Benton; S Messrs. Kruse, Guthrie, Birchell, Kissick* The Ladies, Messrs. J.. McCarty, H Lavery and B. Espin; Business Peopl., MeSs. J. McCarty, sey, Pettigrew, E. Sandford, E. Eaies and Kruse. x a Each of the three guests received a fountain pen as a token of esteem and affection. The McCarty boys were good farmers and would be much missed in the district. The wish was expressed that they should soon return to the district and settle among the ranks of the benedicts. The brothers had lived all their lives in the district. They were bom at Manaia. , , Interspersed in the toast list were a song by Mr. Kruse, community songs, recitations by Mr. Tom Blair, a rousing haka by Mr. Morrissey and a song by Mr. Pat Hammersley. All the items were thoroughly enjoyed.