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Control Over French Lepers
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Noumea, Oct. 13.
THE New Caledonian deputation, con sisting of Messrs. Boilet, Pannetier, Pascalon (architect) and Major Dr.
Ragussin, has returned to Noumea after inspecting the Makogai leprosy colony in Fiji. Modernisation of the local Ducos Peninsula leprosarium is expected as a result.
The inmates of Ducos have recently been largely uncontrolled, and have been allowed to visit Noumea shops and cinemas almost at will. There is a rumour that vegetables from the leper colony are on sale in Noumea shops. In any case, there is a strong feeling that not enough is being done for those suffering from the disease,, which is rife among the white as well as among the native and Asiatic populations.
Quite apart from leprosy, in the way of medical training it is most desirable that France should agree to send native students—particularly the intelligent in habitants of the Loyalty group—to the Fiji Medical School, under some agree ment with Fiji.