Lunatic Asylums Department created – first social service Department in New Zealand

DIGITAL LIBRARY

Description

History and information regarding the creation of the first social service department in New Zealand. The Lunatic Asylum.

Table of contents

Bubonic plague scare — Health continued to be a major concern — Maori living conditions were appalling — Influenza pandemic — Social Security Act — Shacks and overcrowded houses — Maori encouraged to migrate to the cities — Maori life expectancy — Maori health indicators improved — New diseases — Measles epidemic among Ngai Tahu — Treaty of Waitangi signed — Colonial hospitals established in Auckland — Maori physical health — hospital and Charitable institutions — Lunatics Ordinance — Land wars led to confiscation — Measles epidemic among North Island tribes — Maori population fell — Old Age Pension Act.

Artifacts

Lunatic-Asylums-Department-Created.pdf