Whole Families
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Attacked
By Leprosy
/~\NE of the worst features of leprosy on the Pacific Islands is its tendency to attack whole families, according to Sister-in-Charge of the Tetere Lepro sarium on Guadalcanal.
She has reported to the Leper Trust Board in Christchurch, NZ. a case in which six members of the one family were stricken.
A lad was the first to suffer after contact with an advanced case near his village. His mother cared for him and became infected, and the disease spread 1° his brother, sister, and grandmother.
The sister’s first baby was born with the disease but was cured with prompt treatment.
The excellent work of the Leprosarium and the kindness of its staff were typified recently when a lad in the New Hebrides who had been treated begged to remain as a work-boy after he was cured