Object ID:
2006.422.02
Date:
c1910
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Description:
Dr J M Mason …
… came from Scotland in 1895 and set up in general practice in Otaki. He helped set up the Otaki Cottage Hospital and was its first superintendent. Left Otaki on appointment as Chief Health Officer in the Department of Health from 1 December 1900.
He was particularly interested in Maori health and in the treatment of tuberculosis. His first TB sanatorium, Te Waikato, opened near Cambridge in 1902, and the second at Otaki, 1907.
… came from Scotland in 1895 and set up in general practice in Otaki. He helped set up the Otaki Cottage Hospital and was its first superintendent. Left Otaki on appointment as Chief Health Officer in the Department of Health from 1 December 1900.
He was particularly interested in Maori health and in the treatment of tuberculosis. His first TB sanatorium, Te Waikato, opened near Cambridge in 1902, and the second at Otaki, 1907.