Leper Station For Cook
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Islands
From Our Own Correspondent RAROTONGA, December 1.
A GLOOMY note was struck the other day by a notice posted outside the Administration offices to the effect that a youth of about 21 had been isolated in a house on Tupapa beach, and that anybody entering the enclosed section without per mission from the Medical Officer would be liable to a fine of £5O.
Owing- to the infrequency of visits from a leper ship, and the impossibility of treat ing persons individually on each island, a project is now under discussion for utilis ing one of the many small motus in Penrhyn lagoon as an isolation settlement where cases may be treated pending despatch to the Government Leper Station in Fiji. It has also been suggested that one of the local' youths at present qualify ing for the diploma of Native Medical Practitioner, issued by the Fiji School of Medicine, should undergo a special term studying leprosy treatment in order that he may ultimately be placed in charge of the proposed settlement at Penrhyn.