PACIFIC ISLANDS
REPORT ON HEALTH CONDITIONS BY LEAGUE OE NATIONS’ COMMISSION (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 22nd January, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, 21st January.
The League of Nations’ mission has completed its report of the survey of the health conditions in the Pacific Islands, after visiting Fiji, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Papua, New Guinea, and trie Soloman Islands. Information on the population was unavailable, but the mission agreed that it was now stabilised, after earlier considerable depopulation. The mission adds that an important cause of the natives’ terrible mortality in eliest disease was due to the adoption of European garments which they did not know how "to wear, leaving wet clothes on with deadly results. The natives’ disregard of health was also responsible for leprosy.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 7
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