To Deal With Infectious
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Diseases
From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Mar. 8.
“rpE VEA MAOHI”, in its February issue, J. publishes the full text of new regu lations governing the isolation and quarantine of contagious and infectious diseases.
Heretofore the control of such maladies has been very difficult, because of the native custom of assembling relatives and friends (often from remote districts), to aid in the care of sick persons. They scatter to their several homes, carrying the infection with them. The disease then flares up in all parts of the island and is often transmitted on schooners to other islands of the colony.
The new regulations have perfected an organisation to prevent a recurrence of epidemics of this nature.
Responsibility has been placed upon Administrators, chiefs of districts and magistrates of settlements to report the incidence of disease to the Chief of the Medical Service and to the Governor, and to enforce rigidly the measures prescrib
ed by the regulations, as to isolation quarantine, disinfection and so forth.
The publication of these regulations (which are very comprehensive and clear as to the reasons and necessity for their institution and enforcement) by “Te Vea Maohi”, in the native language, will en lighten and instruct the native Tahi tian.