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MATE KOHI COULD BE WIPED OUT; Maori T.B. Investigated; Effect of Chest Clinics; Importance of Early Treatment; X-Rays; Warning Signals - (Te Ao Hou - No. 17 December 1956)
- Date
- December 1956
- By
- Maori Affairs DepartmentMaori Affairs Department
- Publisher
- Te Ao Hou
- Description
In 1935 Dr H. B. Turbott, new Assistant Director-General of Health, made a study of tuberculosis amongst the Maoris of the East Coast, Nurse Wehipeihana assisting him in his research. This study revealed that we were up against a very big problem. As a help to over-come infection in the homes he recommended the use of T.B. huts in order to keep sic...
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- Te Ao Hou - No. 17 (December 1956)
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