TYPHOID FEVER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 7

TYPHOID FEVER

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Great Barrier Outbreak Quelled « FATALISTIC MA0R1S

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ADClCLAND, Last l^ighb. No further eases of typiioid fever httYS oeeurred iii tbe native hettlemeat ht Catbefine Day oti Great Barrier island siafe Ihe 87 lesideats of four villages were intioealated by ofbeerg of the Health Departmeht last Week-eud, Tti cdrfy Out the work of ilntiiUtiistitioti Dr. C. 0, Giiberd atid * Mr W. Afmour made use of a, aeablahti to ' tratispert tbein fTom the Hob&Onville Air BaSO to the Isltitid. . Before- the epidemle was eheeked fetir death s oeetiffed fand bvef 80 easeg cf varying severity wero diseovered, Two Alaoii boyfe Who were iti a serioua eotiditiod have eifio© made good t?roi&'3&a» tifld i'ollOWitig the tre&tmetit, the ofchers wlio w-ere tiiore mildly tih'eoted have either reeovured or hto now iti a eotivaleeceab sluge. j There is consideted to be little likeiihood of the epidemie gaitiing any further ground unless uninoculated persons immigrate to the aii'ected settkments. In overcoining the fataiistio attitude Which was adopted by tho Maorie in regard to the spread of the disease botb science and resource pltiyed a part, la an address to tlie leaders of the hapua, Dr. Giibert polnted out the fallacy of the view tliat the uativos wero atrickeii by a curse atid to exemplify his eontentioiis he explained the resulfcs of tho positive lahoratory testa. The result was that, adopticg a more logical standpoint, the natives agrecd to nxereise tlie precautions that were recommended.