DOCTORS' WORK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 9

DOCTORS' WORK.

ACTIVITIES IN CHINA.' i - APPRECIATION EXPRESSED. MEW FROM NEW ZEALAND. (By TV]o~rai«li. —Press -Association.) WKLI-IXCToX. Tliurml.ly. The Joint Council fit" the Order of St. Jolm ami the Xew Zealand Red Cross. Society lias received the following report from Dr. .Tame* L. Mas«(H. r-ec-retarv of the International Rod Cr'ws i Committee for Central China, writing from Hankow (>n August- 9: — "Dr. <!. H. Maaka and D r . T. A. Watson have safely arriied and w;i' he taking over the work of Dr. IT. ( . Tremewan and Dr. 11. B. Grey. Dr. Watson has already gone to ( hengch-ov to join the latter and Dr. Maaka went to Ichaiig with Dr. Treniewan, who had come down here on s vi-it. "I am instructed by the International Red Cross Committee to assure you of its deep appreciation of there doctors and of the generous way in which vonr coiincil has arranged for their transport to China and support on th- lieid. In doing this they have set an example to other countries which ha- unfortunately not been so liberally W'r do wish to express our \erv heart v thanks to your c-ountoil." Air Raid on Hankow. Dr. Tremewan, writing from Icliang on August 12. states: "I spent two days at Hankow recently and was stationed at the Union Hospital, uhk-h is the largest in Hankow. Eighteen Japanese machines appeared and dropped bonilw on the air field. which is fairly close 1 i the hospital, fortunately with very little damage. On mv return to Ichanjr in company with Dr. Maaka we had to attend to 19 wounded and a boat hail just arrived with two people dead with cholera. We spent two hours in injectin? other passengers."' Dr. WTat-son, who. together with Dr. Maaka, left Xew Zealand some weeks ago. writes from Chengrhow that the district "is very quiet just now as large floods separate the .Chinese from the Japanese. Chengcliow has only at prosent about one-eighth of its usual population.

Serious Cholera Epidemic. There is, however, plenty of work here, as the Govern me ut ha* a camp containing about 500 refugees within about half a mile of our hospital. There is at present a lot of cholera in this camp. One day we admitted After seeing their living conditions one wonders they have not all gut cholera. An effort is now being made to inoculate against cholera all people entering the camp and this at la>t «-eenis to be stopping a great number of <-a Writing on August 3, Dr. < irey «ays. "Last Sunday morning 1 went out to the flood area about six miles north of Cliengehow. The Government has 50.000 coolies working on the brinks <.f a small river which is holding back the flood. At present they are working on a 30-mile front raising the south bank of the river by two metre*. There were boats coming- across the flood on the other side of the river bringing refugees. Many of the refugees built mat huts along the banks and are living there.**