Makogai Settlement
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Gilbertese Lepers Taken to Makogai Settlement
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Nov. 25.
UNDER charter to the Western Pacific High Commission, Messrs. Morris, Hedstrom’s motor vessel Tui Cakau made a voyage to Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, early in November to bring 48 lepers to the settlement on Makogai Island, Fiji.
She arrived in the group on November 2, and the patients were taken aboard under the charge of a Native Medical Prac titioner and several assistants. On Novem ber 14, the lepers were landed at Makogai where the authorities had all facilities in readiness for their arrival. After being disinfected, the Tui Cakau returned to Suva the same day.