TYPHOID AMONG MAORIS
VALUE OF INOCULATIONS The Director of Maori Hygiene, in* his annual report, states that antityphoid inoculations continue to be carried out in native districts where typhoid has occurred, as a routine method of protection. “The result,” he says, “is the lowered incidence of this disease in districts where it was once endemic has more than justified this policy. Sporadic cases occur, but, except under exceptional circumstances in a new district, it is impossible for the cases to spread in a virulent epidemic. During the year two cases occurred in North Taranaki. An inoculation campaign was conducted, and met with hearty support from the chiefs of the tribes. In most districts there is always a certain number of objectors. Their numbers are usually increased by the followers of Ratana and certain interfering Europeans who have been influencing the Maoris against submitting to inoculation. It has become increasingly difficult to get a high percentage of protection in districts where objectors are in any number. In spite of the difficulties, I look upon anti-typhoid inoculation as having saved more lives than any other single factor in preventive administration.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 141, 5 September 1927, Page 9
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