THE EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1918, Page 5

THE EPIDEMIC.

| ■ ■ i Kecoived Doc. 8, 8.5 pjgJ- '«_• .. . ' Sydney, Dopfc •■* ynnrantma reports contimio ttf iyni> prove. The number of cases ii brfaa reduced daily. -Hi addition to' various! ®legationa oli ™ organisation and treatment at th«i ! quarantine camp, and lie outcry against 11 ? rox " H !' : y t,le city, another Sctai" 1 arisen, owing to the authorities refusing admission to a Catholic priestt to attend a dying nurse. Archbishop • Kelly threatens personally to demand idmission unless the embargo is removed * immediately. • In order to' meet' the requests of' stranded New Zealanders, aecbnaßoda-. tion has been found for 20 urgent cases • aboard the [Devon, whicli is sailing oa Monday.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.- . HOSPITAL REPORT There were 7 admissions to the Siev" Plymouth Hospital on Saturday (2 from New Plymouth, 2 Urenui, 2 Ptmgarehu and 1 Puniho), 5 discharges and 4 -deaths ' (Mrs: Pargio, 40, Westown; W. J. Jones; f ? 32, Uruti; J. Brooker, 40, caretaker at native hostel) Mrs. Wm. Haskell, 29,'' Hillsborough). On Sunday thera was 1' admission (from Okato), no dischargesand no death. There wore 113 influenza patients remaining last night. At Kawaroa 2 were admitted and tv similar number discharged, 23 remaining." At the East End t wero admitted, 4' r discharged, and 23 remained- : . MANAIA. ; Saturday's report from Martaia sttttftiv., Hospital Report.—No admissions ; yes- ' terday. Three patients discharged e6n--vftlescent, and two died—Hilda' Wiley, of Auroa, 20 years; and Mr». Memetey, of Otakeho, 60 years, who was buried' in Otftkeho cemetery yesterday, the Rev. T. ■ Tail conducting the funeral service; The' • deceased lady, "who had taken an energetic part "in all patriotic movements.' 1 ' since the war began, will be much missed ; in the district. Miss Wiley, whose fun-. eral takes place to-day, was a sister of Marion Wiley, who died in hospital here < on Thursday. A brother also- died in hospital last Week. . Maori Hospital—No admissions to- ' day. Three patients sent- out eon Vales flent. Two cases are rather serious i ro-', ■ I mainder doing well. • ! | Reports from the country show one freall European case and three Maoris - (man, wife and child). ■ • Mr. Jv P. Stevenson, reported down • iyesterday, is making a good recovery,'' and is expected to be convalescent in a few days. :i

AMONGST THE MAORIS,

On Friday Constable Nuita.ll, ja- com-i pauy with Mr. T. A. Winks (a member „ • of tiie Hawera Hospital Board), and also > a representative from the Hawera Star, '! made a tour of the Ifraser Road, Taiporo-' benui, Ohangai, Meremere and Manutahi ■ Maori pas. In the earlier days of the ;: visitation'there was much aickneaa in the pas, and the mortality was pretty heavy, j * But the authorities lost no time in tak- ■, ;ing the Maoris under their care, With the " result that day by day there was a gradual improvement, and yesterday's visit ,' showed that the Maori settlements wera ' now practically clear of the epidemic. In the whole of the districts Visited there were found only throe rather bad cases; one of whom was a woman, the ; other two being children. The Europeans, by their careful treatment, and in taking out medicine and foodstuffs to the pas, had won the esteem of the 1 Maoris, and there was no doubt that the Maoris greatly appreciated the ger- ■> vices which have been rendered by their f ,i palceha' friends. There is every reason to believe that there will not be a second wave among the natives, who are exer- ' cising every care. In many of the houses were to be seen families in the convalescent stage—all doing splendidly. Maori customs and traditions, however, die hard, and in the case of the three patients who were pretty sick, an endeavor . was made to get the relatives to ftUow * these to be removed to the public hospital. Although the visitors pointed out ' that nearly all the Maori patients in the hospital had been nursed ' back to normal health, the Maoris were 1 still 1 sceptical and would not consent to thb removal of their comrades. There was ' hardly 'a house or wfcare visited which had not been touched by the "Great Reaper", and here and thore were to be Been graves of those' who had succumbed; 1 The Maoris, notwithstanding the ae- ■ vere t/low that has befallen them, aTe All bearing up' wonderfully well. The vii- v itors were struck by the cheerfulness of ' the people, and also by the clean appearance of the pas. There is no doubt that '' while the epidemic-has paused great loss to the Maoris, it was also brought the native race and the European closely together; the pakehas n.ivo wa the " •confidence of the. Maoris, fcwrl shorVi there ever be another outbreak of sickness they will bs willing to. follow the - wise counsels of their 'European setjoJH, : HAWERA. . " The general improvement is Htfttitftm- 1 ed, and there are now no serious cases in the temporary isolation hospital. No fresh ■ cases were admitted yesterday, * and no deaths were reported. More than ' half of the patients are well on to the ; convalescent stage, and it is expected to be ablo to closo this hospital about •' Wednesday next.—Star. * • *