VISIT TO SAMOA
t ’ h DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH. t; s I Per Press Association ] WELLINGTON, Sept. 17. The Director-General of Health, Dr. I AI. H. Watt, left Wellington for Auck- 0 land this afternoon to connect with the Niagara to-morrow. In company t with Dr. S. AI. Lambert, of the Rockcfeller Foundation, Dr. Watt will proceed to Fiji, and after a short stay * there will continue to Pago I’ago, Sl Eastern Samoa, going thence to West- Tl ern Samoa. Advice has been received by the External Affairs Department that no extra assistance is needed to cope with the influenza epidemic. There is one doctor and several native assistants in Western Samoa, and another doctor, who is on leave in New Zealand, will return shortly. In addition, there are U nine white nurses and about 30 assist- 8 ants. 1: Dr. Watt will be away from the Do- vi minion for about six weeks. TJ
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 221, 18 September 1934, Page 5
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154VISIT TO SAMOA Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 221, 18 September 1934, Page 5
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