01362nas a2200109   4500000000100000008004100001100001200042245004500054856013600099520100300235022001401238       2017                            d1 aLange R00aLeprosy in the Cook Islands, 1890–1925  uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00223344.2017.1379117https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00223344.2017.13791173 a<p>In 1890, ten cases of leprosy were reported from the island of Penrhyn in the northern archipelago of the Cook Islands. The news created a scare, followed by efforts to limit the spread of the disease within the Cook Islands. This article explores the measures taken in the years from 1890 to 1925. During that period, the isolation of leprosy sufferers on designated islets within the group was the dominant response. In 1900, the Cook Islands came under administration by New Zealand, which was faced with the unsatisfactory features of this response and so, in 1925, began sending leprosy sufferers from the Cook Islands to the central leprosy facility in Makogai, Fiji. Drawing on documentary sources, this article explores the development and implementation of the policy of segregation in the Cook Islands prior to 1925. It highlights differences between European and Islander understandings of the disease and indicates how leprosy sufferers and their helpers experienced isolation.</p>
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