SICKNESS AMONG MAORI CHILDREN.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1505, 30 July 1912, Page 6

SICKNESS AMONG MAORI CHILDREN.

(Br Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Christchurch, .Inly 2i). Decently, as the result of an examination of the Maori school children at Tiiahiwi in the Native village near Kuiapoi, it was reported by the inspector that the attainments in proficiency were not ho high as they might have been, which was attributed to absences nnd irregular attendance in consequence of illness. Act-' ing upon this the local school committee applied for nn inspection into the health of tho Native children which was conducted Ny ])rs. Blackmoro and Fiuch. The conclusions arrived at by these gentlemen corroborated the fact that many of the children suffer from pulmonary complaints. It wrus rather an nlarniijig fact thnt about fifty per cent of the pupil* of tho school were, on a clinical examination found to be infected. It was- decided that n nurse should bo obtained, and Miss Inglis has arrived from a North Island sanatorium to assist in carrying out remedial treatment among tho children. As soon as the rough weather is over it is proposed to make , n camp hospital, and one of the Native land owners has offered to give a site for the purpose. The task of dealing with tho children in reducing the spread and affecting a cure for tuberculosis will bo (\«sistrrt in every way that is possible by, J_tho Nattvejt