Leper Babies
About 20 children have been born on the Makogai Leper Station and in all eases the mothers -were pregnant before coming to the. Island. The sexes are strictly segregated. The babes who are born free from the disease are taken away from their mothers at birth and loo'ked after by the. Nursing Sisters.
Maori Woman Found A Maori woman Mrs Iwi Pirihi y also known as Pohatu previously reported missing in the Whakatane district, has been found at Wainui pa, Hawke’s Bay. Mrs Pirilii’s clothing had a note in which she said she had been badly injured and would make her own way back to Hastings were found beside a stream. On arrival at Wainui pa, she. said she had gone oil' into the bush until she was cured.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 36, 18 January 1946, Page 7
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131Leper Babies Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 36, 18 January 1946, Page 7
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