HEALTH REPORT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1864, 19 September 1906, Page 2

HEALTH REPORT.

Dr. DkLISLE’S INDICTMENT.

(Special to Gisborne Times.) Wellington, last night. Df. DeLisle, District Health Offiofr, makes the following reference to Gisborne in his report n Gisborne still coniinneß to suffer the unenviable notoriety of baviDg more typhoid and diphtheria thou any town in my district, and with the baokwaid Bide of its sanitary appliances the people msy be congratulated that the amount of pre* veotable disease is not greater. Its broad streets and its large amount of sunshine are great factors in counteracting the san tary ovils. When water is installed | drainage I hope will follow quickly, and the scheme designed by Mr liestayor having been so favorably reported on by other engineers will probably be the one de oided on. Gisborne is new seriously con sideriDg the buildiog of an isolation ward for the treatment of infectious diseases, The uon~Bxisten.ee of such a building or any place where such oases canid be effectually housed and treated, and the inconvenience entailed on the sick, com* bined with the danger to the community generally, ara the reverse of creditable to those responsible for the neglec'. A tendency to orowd bouses on an insufficient area is beginning to mske itself fell in Gisborne, and a watchful eye will Li necessary to insure that the provieienß o clause 854 of the Municipal Corporation! Act are properly observed. “ Tolago—The small township of Tolago is increasing in s : zs and importacos owing ta the closer settlement that is taking place in and around the town, aud in the mar future will claim attention. »Tokomaru, Waipiro, Tuparoa, and Awanui.—The smaller townships of Tokomaru, Waipiro, Tuparoa, and Awauu', still further north, require little attention. They are scattered townships, all placed on hills dropping towards the sea. The soil is light and porous, and st present there is nothing to mske them unhealthy, " Te Puia.—The hot springs situated at To Fuia, about four miles from Waipiro, ate grow’mg slowly iQ popularity, bat the] springs are not as much known or made use of as their exoellent medioinal properties would warrant. " Deaths at Gisborne.—The deaths from all causes were 106. There were 116 in 1905, and 91 in 1904. This is satisfactory,

considering the great increase that has taken place in the population in Gisborne and its environs. Deaths from cancer 2, typhoid fever 2, diphtheria 1. erysipelas and blood poisonu g 2.