CONTACIOUS DISEASE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8214, 11 August 1915, Page 6

CONTACIOUS DISEASE.

I>ANGER FROM RETURNED SOLDIERS. DEFENCE MINISTER'S • ASSURANCE/ . - ( t WELLINGTON,' August 10. . A deputation of ladies, headed by Dr Edith Huntly, waited on the Minister of Defence to-day to ask whether care was taken to protect the community from venereal disease that might have been contracted by the soldiers, who were ■ returning, to New Zealand, and whether the Minister would provide for a "women's" patrol of the streets in tho vicinity of military camps, etc., to mitigate if possible the contraction of the^ disease. .The Minister, in reply, said that every precaution was being taken to protect the public, and returned soldiers with the, disease were kept and treated till it was safe to let them go. I With regard to the women''s patrol, ho requested them to place before him any information at- their disposal in reference to anything of the kind that had been done elsewhere. In conscque-nco of rumours regarding some of the men who had returned by the Willochra, the Minister said that he had had special enquiries made, and had been informed that there had boon only seven oases in all of venereal trouble on the ship. These men were all well and free from infection when the sftip arrived.

THE ROLL OF HONOUR. SiCK AND WOUNDED. DISEMBARKED AT MALTA FROM HOSPITAL SHIP BETWEEN JULY 14 AND. 20. Canterbury Mounted Rifles—Captain L\ W. Talbot, Lieutenant V. F. Nan-, carrow (both slightly sick), Troopers J. A. Adams, W. J). Gold, F. Smith, S. T. Slcilton, Private T. Crawford (soricusly ill with cold on chest). Troopers C. E. Grigg, G. Brown, K. Drummond, J. V. Wilson, J. Bain, F. F. J. Hart, J. V. Binley, J. B. Coley, IV Fitzharris, C. F. Scrimgeour, M. Dillon, C. W. Warnes, Corporal G. H. Morrison, Lance-Corporal B. W. Street. : , ( Canterbury Battalion—Major Row (slightly sick), Privates J. A. Smith, F. H. Quinton, F. Hunt, J. W. Rayment, Sergeant C. Groves, T. H. Crutchley, M. D. Carter, E. Stewart, F. Morrough, C. Hyslop, J. G. Kirk, K. C. Bird. , ' Wellington Mounted Rifles—Troopers A. C. 'Harrington, D. Thompson. Wellington Battalion—Privates M. Griffin, F. A. Aldridge, Sergeant H. \V. Thompson. Auckland Mounted Rifles—Corporal H. Helm (Headquarters Staff). The| following are slightly wounded :■—Lieutenant G. M. Abbott, Farrier-Sergeant E. J. Cullen, Sergeant C. G. Nicol, Troopers R. Bluett, J,. T. Hatton, E. J. Williams, J. R. Cliffin. The following are slighty sick:—Troopers E. J. Williams, W. Angus, A. F. Buckland, N. G. Airier, Corporal C. F- Seaward, Lance-Corporal L. N. Roberts, Sergeant T. H. Atkinson. Auckland Infantry Battalion—Privates W. M. Brooks, P. C. F. Gooder, j W. H. Faithfull, J. P. Hansen, E. B. I Frogbrook, F. Murphy. J. J. Fitzgerald, J. S. Halton, W. Halford, I. Parry, F. J. Drinnan, W. J. Sonior, F. W. Trcvarthen, R. Peard, Corporals T. L. Hill, A. A. McQueen, Sergeant A. W. Delamore, Signaller H. J. Spencer, Privates W. L. Lydiard, S. H. Gambling, A. Tyree, J. W. Ritchie, R. J. Hanna. The following are slightly sick:—Lieutenant T. W. Maclean (machine-gun section), Privates W. H. Morris, H. Mason, SergeantMajor F. .1. Hall-Jones, Sergeant W. J. Reid, Privates J. C.- Williams, H. J. Nairn, J. Hopper, J. Mason, H. A. Broderick, Corporal I. M. Starr, Privates W. J. Ma-boy, A. G. Lang. J. ! H. R, Mabey, *F. Morris, J. H. Rodgors. *MOtago Infantry Battalion—Slightly v. ounJed: Privates W. J. Murphy, W. B. Wilsteed. Field Artillery—Lieutenant C. Car- j nngton (slightly sick). Gunners S. J. j J Youlder, J. Lance. • : I Fiold Engineers—Sappers F. Daub-j noy, J. Coyle. j Army Service Corps—Slightly sick: Lieutenant P. H. Harper. ; Medical Corps (attached New Zea-; land Field Engineers)— Slightly sick: .\f.ijor A. C. McKillop, Captain E, A. ,' G. Holdgate (severe gunshot wounds in | shoulder). \ DANGEROUSLY ILL. ! Auckland Mounted Rifles—Lieuten- ; ant J. M. Roberts (pneumonia). j Otago Battalion—Private 'A. E. ; Cooper (pleurisy). j SERIOUSLY ILL. \ Wellington Battalion—Private 0. A, Russell (abscess), Private R. D. Mat-] thews (neurasthenia). j Canterbury Battalion—Private L. Whinwray (rheumatism), Private R. l>e B. Adamson (broken, leg result gunshot wounds). | (Note. —The dangerously ill and; seriously ill are in the lists of those who have arrived at Malta.) DISEMBARKED AT MALTA FROM: HOSPITAL SHIP GLOUCESTER; CASTLE (JULY 29th). j Ota.go Mounted Rifles—Lieutenant! D. McCurdy (seriously ill, enteric ■. ; i'ever). Wellington Mounted Rifles—Lieutenant W- Risk (slightly sick). Otago Mounted Rifles—Trooper J. A. Burnes, Trooper A. Walker, Corporal C. A. G. Catto, Corporal R. Stewart, Trooper L. Lawrence, Trooper R. P. Smith. . :•■■■■ . Wellington Mounted Rifles-r—Lance-Corpcral C. Wyse, Trooper G. F. Raw- ( spn. i Field Artillery Brigade—Gunner E. 0. Pierce. Auckland Mounted Rifles—Trooper H. A. Collins. Field Ambulance—Private G. J. St. Fisher. Field Company Engineers—Corporal F. H. McLeod, Sapper A. G. Groome. Canterbury Battalion—Private J. R. Reeves,' Private S. Balon. Private R. \ Culajevich. Otago Battalion—Private J. H. Wakeileld, Private R: T. Atkinson, Private C. R. Rule, Pi-iyate C. H. Watson, Private J. Hogan,^ Private H. R. McAuley. ' Wellington Battalion—Private G. Oliver, Private A. Venn, Private C. J. Lawson, Private R. G. Morris. Atickland Battalion—Slightly sick: (Private W. W. Lynch, 'QuartermasterScrgoant J. W. Dowdall, Private J. L. \dams . ARRIVED IN LONDON. Wellington Mounted Regiment— Trooper J. W. Geange, Trooper T. J. Malone. ; '';''' ' Auckland Battalion—Private A. N. Hackney, Private S. W. Johnson, Priate D. A. McDonald. Private R. Quinlan. Private J. T. Wood, Private W. Bauer, Private P. B. Giles. Private H. iW. D. Bold, Private L. F. Robinson, I Private F. Webster. Obago Mounted Rifles—Trooper •> ■ Stewart, Trooper D. B. Waddell. i AVellington Battalion—Private E. O. OLsen, Private G. W. Niven, Private W. N. B. A. Slmrpc _ Field Engineers—Sapper f. 1. Owors, Sapper E. Pate.rson, Sapper h. H. Thetford, Sapper P. E. Herlbutt, SaojKH- J. D. Smith, Sappc>r T. Draper. 1 Field Artillery—Gunner 0. H. Benge. Bombardier F. C. Hryan, Gunner H. E. Halpin, Gunner R. Mulligan. Otago Battalion— Sergeant J. M. Clark, Private W. Hync, Private G. M^Tntosh, Private T. C. -Macrae. Private A. Stewart, Private W. T. Woods, Private E. L* Skinner, Private W. M. Turnbull. „ „ Canterbury Battalion—Private C. W. Collinson, Private A. H. Cook, Private j H. Rhind, Private P. N. vSadd. Private L. Stevenson. Sergeant W. Chadwick, } Private W. P. Harpur. j Auckland Mounted Rifles—Privato |E. J. Thomas. i Medical Corps—Private A. W.

Thomson, Private J. W. Pucloey, Private S. J. Roberts, Corporal W. Reynolds. Canterbury Mounted Rifles—Trooper L. E. Williams, Trooper E. Soal, Corporal A. Dodson, Trooper .H. B. Elmslie. Army Service Corps—Lieutenant C. B. Dick-Cleland, Privato A. W. Dentith, Private W. H. Brown, Private J. Brown. , Veterinary Corps—Trooper M. J. Dearcy, Trooper. M. J. Feeney. ADMITTED-TO.loth HOSPITAL, ALEXANDRIA. Canterbury 1 Infantry Battalion—-Ser-geant W. E. Smith, (severe gunshot wound in diest). DANGEROUSLY ILL, ENTERIC, ' EGYPTIAN ARMY HOSPITAL, CAIRO. ■ / . Canterbury Mounted Rifles—Trooper C. C. H. Friend. AUSTHALJAH CASUALTIES. SYDNEY, August 9. The 62nd Casualty List is as follows:— ; Killed in action^—Two officers and nine men. . ■ Died of wounds—One officer and nine men, including Private J. Wilkinson, a New Zealander. •Died of illness—Six. Wounded—Ninety-four men. Ill—One hundred and forty-six men, including Privates J. Diamond and W. A. Marshall (Now Zealanders), in Malta Hospital.