TYPHOID AMONG THE MAORIS AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2899, 12 February 1891, Page 2

TYPHOID AMONG THE MAORIS AT CAMBRIDGE.

giITK :i ciHiHi'rnati.iii was caused in C'.eu iiridsjoim Tut.-.ilny in..ruin;; when it became, known in.-™ Nv.-i-,i .-.mo of typhoid fever aninriKNt tho M;i"ii-, and by ovniiiiiß t!i« "t t-Vi'j I'l.uv had iiiacnilii'd this miirlu cisrt into al.-.nt n dozen. The Uoroiigh Council met at 7 p.m. and Dr. Ouslmey forward.-il thn f..!1..win R vp-rt, kn'mv'ttie're.,! fact-: (:.;iit 1.-n.iMi. -I have to report, that 1 h.ivn at pnjMiiit mwlui- my care a native! i-hild, ntffd S year.-", snlfcrini; firm lynhoid fever i>; a mild type. It had been MiltWinn the. dnua*e before, it armed hor.; from Waotn. 1 , . =n.'l i'~ parents are. <tayiii"in the. , hop imxt I. .Mr Kawcctt'.-i hotel, "in tllft li-.us.-. is aU(, a eh.ld of a different family, siiltemi,' from hrochitH. Tliu plno-i; is 'luite clean and 1 have given directions as to the disposal of all tilth etc ; still oivinu tn thuir proximity to the hotel it would to better if they w-.-.rv. lvmove,! to M.iiio iiioi-H secluded house. I have vi-ite-I al! the othnr dwellinen occupied by natives and lind all in a clean and healthy stat», except two, iiiiiiiuly, the ground flat of thn old Dnko i.f Cimbridiiß l-fotol—wh«rn tho tliiDi- is in a terribly dirty state and tho smnll is horrible. 1 should recommend all the floors on that Mat to be thoroughly scrubbed and disinfected with carbolic acid. The same applies to what, used to be an old workshop used by Mr W. Mcl'arlane. Tho flwrs of if. oufcdit to ho well scrubbed and disinfected with carbolic acid, and ventilation secure.] by opening t.he windows and admitting fi-c-h air. En conclusion there, is only the one case of typhoid fever and that of a mild type. I linvo tlm honour to I*- e-.lc. .1. H. Guslmey. M.D., Ciiiiibnds!,i. 10th l-'ehrnary, lS'.U.— It boiiiß too late to take thn neces ary steps to isolate the case \v!:eii the Council rose, it being nearly '.).'M p.m.. » coiinnitteu was appointed to see to tho matter, and they met yesterday morning. Oiiv Cambridge luporUn t.c'.i li ,'„ ni(»ht that when the Maoris knew that the T<orons;li nonncil were takinir st-iw to ha.ve thn child that is siiU'ermu' from typhoid fiivir they immediately decamped to Waotii with if.