COOK ISLANDS (MEDICAL ATTENTION IN THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session II, A-03a

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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND.

COOK ISLANDS (MEDICAL ATTENTION IN THE).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 6th September, 1912. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing how many Government doctors are stationed at Rarotonga, and how often they visit the outlying islands."—(Mr. Glover.)

COOK ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. Retubn showing the Numbeb of Government Doctobs stationed at the Island of Rarotonga, AND HOW OFTEN THEY VISIT THE OUTLYING ISLANDS. Number of Medical Officers stationed at the Island of Rarotonga ... ... 2 1. Chief Medical Officer ... ... ... Dr. G. Pearce Baldwin. 2. Assistant Medical Officer ... ... Dr. A. R. Maclurkin. Visits paid to Outlying Islands. —Visits are paid to outlying islands as often as communication will allow. The Assistant Medical Officer has lately returned to Rarotonga from Mangaia, where he spent a month. He has also visited the Island of Atiu. The Chief Medical Officer visited che Islands of Mangaia and Aitutaki in April of this year, and the Island of Atiu in May. It was arranged that he should visit the whole of the islands in the Group in the London Missionary Society's steam-yacht " John Williams," which was timed to sail on the 25th ultimo from Rarotonga. The matter of visits to the outlying islands is entirely ruled by the communication available. J. Eman Smith, ■ Secretary for the Cook Islands. Wellington, 6th September, 1912.

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