Cook Is. M.O. On Leave
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From Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga, Aug. 16.
and Mrs, E. P. Ellison leave this ” week on four months’ furlough.
Many residents who are only familiar with the C.M.O.’s perennial geniality are unaware of the continual and tremendous strain his work entails, responsible as he is for the health and hygiene of the
whole group with its irregular inter island communication and shortage of trained assistants.
Top-heavy with expenditure, the Ad ministration has in the past been unable to devote adequate funds to the needs of the Medical Department, although the recent purchase of a large house and grounds adjoining the Rarotonga Hos pital now points to a move in the right direction.