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It now transpire? thrvc r for consumptives''ie i_ot wanted in;, ,the Wairarapa, amk : that what is really asked for is a nursing home, or something of the sort. What is specially required, to cope with the ailments. of the Natives, is a little more i-e-i gard for sanitation in their habits. It is useless, absurd, to talk of improving .the health, of the Natives so 4©ttj» as they .are .allowed >to together under oWe /roof. . The com--mpnsense method .of "dealing with, them'i? to r comp.ulsoruy remove those who, are diseased to some existing hospital or sanatorium, and to compel the remnant to observe proper rules of health. It is waste of breath to talk of preserving the race so long as the Natives themselves refuse to be isolated.: The Health Department, if ifr is worth its salt, should be able to do all that is required/ ;without tLe. assistance .; of, : private individuals,, "'jose efforts, though .wiell : meaniHg,,t-l,ie often misguided. The talk c "■ Wairarapa Natives being more seriously affected with disease than those of other parts is sheer bunkum.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10141, 19 January 1911, Page 4
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