Report of the Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population, with appendices.
- Fiji. Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population.
- Date:
- 1896
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Credit: Report of the Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population, with appendices. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PAKA. YAWS {continued) — Opinions of the Correspondents {continued) — constitution of patient is injured ... ... ... 459 disease has been introduced within the last two cen- turies ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 459 steps should be taken towards eradication of disease ... ... ... • ... ... ... 460 Minute hy the Commission— distribution ... ... ... ... ... ... 4G1 symptoms ... ... ... ... ... ... 462 duration ... ... ... ... ... ... 463 communicability by inoculation of virus ... ... 464 affects adults more seriously than children .. ... 465 children who have recovered from yaws are supposed to be healthier than those who have not had the disease ... ... ... ... ... ... 466 natives believe that the only danger lies in the pre- mature recedence of the eruption ... ... , ... 466 native and European remedies ... ... 467, 468 potent factor in infant mortality ... ... ... 469 native beliefs — that it is solely a Fijian disease which every child ought to develop ... ... ... ... ... 470 that, once contracted, it will run a normal course, unless the child be dabe'd or ramusu'd, or the eruption recedes prematurely ... ... ... 470 that if a very young child acquires the disease a fatal result ensues ... ... ... ... 470 occurrence of coko in a child is of good augury for future robustness ... ... ... ... ... 470 opposition to medical treatment ... ... ... 470 ignorance of hygienic rules and their natural conser- vatism prompts Natives to set aside European teaching ... ... ... ... ... ... 470 disease is contracted earlier in life now than formerly 470 disease unknown in Line Islands until introduced from Fiji 471 promotion of measures for avoidance of yaws ... 472 co-operation of the people should be secured through Na Mata and at Councils ... ... ... ... 472 dispensing of iodide of potassium ... ... ... 472 punishment, by Native Eegulation, of persons allow- ing healthy children to associate with those affected with yaws and of mother or guardian who neglects to keep yaws sores of her children covered ... 472 Conclusions— yaws is a serious constitutional disease, not only responsible for many infant deaths, but sapping the vitality of the whole race ; j)ossible enervating effect on child-bearing functions of women; appearance in adults is dreaded; occurrence dur- ing first year of childhood is fatal; natives do nothing to cure the disease; children suffer from the disease for a period of from three months to two years or longer, and during this time no care is taken of the sores; natives have no idea that sucuve, soki or lovo, and hakaca are sequelae of the disease ... ... ... ... ... ... 473 proposed remedies for stamping out the disease— by procuring co-operation of the people; dispen- sing iodide of potassium ; providing punishment for ]Dersons who expose children to contact with infected subjects, and for parents who do not cover sores on their children; obtaining advice of Council of Chiefs and Provincial Councils as to local steps ... ... .. ... ... 474 recapitulation and summary of conclusions ... 788-97 NATIVE MEDICAL TEEATMENT AND NUK- SINQ; AND TREATMENT OF SICK PER- SONS^ Opinions of the Correspondents— principal forms of native medical treatment are massage, and the taking of drugs ... 475 European doctors ai-e seldom apphed to until too late 476 improper treatment due to ignorance ... ... 477 mothers'disregard for their children... ... ... 478 want of nursing-diet ... ... ... ... ... 479 Native Medical Practitioners ... ... ... 481, 482 abuse of native medicines ... ... ... ... 483 publisliing of instructions in nursing and treatment of ailments of children ... ... ... 484,546 supply of remedies, with instructions for their use, be placed in the bands of a European resident in districts distant from a doctor ... ... ... 484 PABA. NATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT AND NUR- SING; AND TEEATMENT OF SICK PER- SONS {continued) — Opinions of the Correspondents {continued) — persons responsible for invalids to apply to a Native Medical Practitioner for advice within three days of known sickness ... ... ... ... ... 484 question of care of children and provision of food to be brought up at each buUship meeting ... ... 484 minute hy the Commission— Fijian methods of treating the sick ... ... ... 485 diet tahus ... ... ... ... ... ... 486 massage ... ... ... ... ... ... 487 bloodletting 488 splints, though not unknown, are seldom properly used 489 bathing 490 vakasilima ... ... ... ... ... ... 491 cokolosi (corresjjonding to external urethrotomy ) 491 witchcraft ... ... ... ... ... ... 492 ignorance of nursing and indifference to sickness 493, 494 return of native practitioners to hospital for further instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... 495 preparatory school for boys intended for native practi- tioners ... ... ... ... ... ... 495 number of native doctors should be increased ... 495 special instruction in hygienic matters ... ... 495 establishment of village hospitals ... ... ... 495 provincial hospitals, under care of Grovernment Medical Officers, to be established in medical dis- tricts ... , 496 training school in Suva for Fijian women ... ... 496 prohibition of certain operations comprised under head of vakasilima ... ... ... ... ... 496 circulation of a jjamphlet dealing with sanitary matters, food and drink, and nursing ... ... 496 suggestions for drawing up pamphlet ...619, 620, 621 questions on care of children and sick to be put to every Provincial and District Council ... ... 496 recapitulation and summary of conclusions .., 798, 803 DOMESTIC DIET— Opinions of the Correspondents— Filthy condition of houses and towns can only be improved by training the rising generation in sani- tary principles ... ... ... ... ... 497 Minute by the Commission— Fijians are comparatively cleanly about their persons, but are utterly indifferent to cleanliness in all other respects ... ... ... ... ... 498 filthy habits during sickness ... ... ... ... 499 town-crier in each village should weekly enjoin the people to observe cleanliness ... ... ... 500 inspection hj turaffa ni mataqali ... ... ... 624 recapitulation and summary of conclusions ... ...804-8 GENEEAL INSOUCIANCE OF THE NATIVE MIND, HEEDLESSNESS OF MOTHEES, AND WEAK- NESS OF MATEENAL INSTINCT— Opinions of the Correspondents— indifference of Fijians ... ... ... ... ... 501 neglect of infants' 502, 503, 504 Minute by the Commission— selfishness and indifference of Fijians ... ... 505 necessity for providing fighting men formed an in- centive to the care of children ... ... ... 506 heedlessness of mothers ... ... ... ... 507 cruelty to children ... ... ... ... ... 508 absence of practice of self-denial by Fijian mothers is due more to uncultivated condition of mental faculties than to absence of affection ... ... 509 heedlessness arises from sense of helplessness ... 510 education through the medium of a Sanitary Mission 511 regulations providing for inquests on deaths of in- fants, and a penalty for parents neglecting their children ... ... ... ... ... ... 512 recapitulation and summary of conclusions ... 809-12 EOTUMA— Opinions of the Correspondents— predisjoosing causes of mortality— inbreeding ... ... ... ... ... ... 514 scrofula ... ... ... ... ... ... 514 emigration of healthy males ... ... ... 514 pulmonary diseases ... ... ... ... ... 514 children are carefully tended, and women do no hard work... ... ... ... ... ... 514](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24399401_0250.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
