HAKE HAKE.
METHOD OF TREATMENT
REPORT FROM HEALTH IN-
SPECTOR
Several week's ago we reported that th« contagious disease known aa hakehake had broken out in a mixed country school or Maori and .Pakc-ha ch 1!'Iroii. The Health Inspector was asked to report on the matter. a.nd in the course of a report to the Board of Eduction, he stated that the best way to deal with hake hake is to insist uwi precautions being taken to thoroughly cles-nse all blankets, bedclothing, and ordinary clothes which have come i*x contact with the body of an afflicted person. Sulphur ointment should be r'reoly applied, but, before doing this, the .skin should be thoroughly cleansed with soap and water, +Vt<> ointment ih^" beuig spread on the aiflicted part. Tho towels that have been used by an afflicted person should not be used again until they have been washed and boiled. "I would recommend," he said, ''that th© 'headmaster of the school be directed to see that these matters are carried, out by the children attending the school."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 6
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175HAKE HAKE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 6
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