THE DISTRICT NURSE

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 122, 19 November 1932, Page 6

THE DISTRICT NURSE

In a letter to the "Evening Post" a. correspondent, "Aratika," writes: "Your article, "The District Nurse," in Monday's issue was. very interesting to. one who is. intimately acquainted with the,,Maorisj the districts, and niariyof the nurses':-;-; The sample of a nurse's day is.i,typical; j-but there, is, 110 place:, where all' those. thijics as'--stated ;(;ould!! liaye takenspja^e';in jione day. However, every nurse. lias such experiences daily, if-she is o£ tlie; right type. The majority,, of those women j the wi'iter has met are conscientious and'andiistrioiis, hardened trayellers on foot and-horseback, and guardian .^rigels to the especially the children. ; The,^^ork is hard and exacting,. requii'es great - tact, initiative, and force 6£ Tcharacter^.-ud should lioi be continued for riiore "tlian six or eight years at the most." The writer then deals .at •some length with the general question of the health of the Maoris, particularly, of mothers'and children. The comments .on Maori customs, housing, food, etc., in tlieir relation* to healtli arid sickness, have the endorsement of 1 medical practitioners who are in a position to speak authoritative!y'on these subjects.;