MILITARY CAMPS » — IAKAPAU AND OEINGI COMPABEJ> Officers and men attending camps in wot weather have vivid recollectionis oi sort-, throat* and feverieh chills *u_epar--d)ly connected with damp fe-t -J»d sudden changes of temperature. At the Orin«i camp in 1913 the medical staff were kept busy up till all hours, and there were over 1000 minor caeca «t sickness reported at the ambula-ce. At Takapau in _91_, despite the exceptionally sever© weather, only a. ion dozen reported sick." and the* general healtof the men was r_markablv good. Now for a solution of this seeming P-rador! At the Oringi canteen there was no "Fluenzol." but plenty of q««r preparations At Takapau the position was reversed. T*he canteen contractors pinned their faith solely to "Flaea-01, or which over two gross in th« *rgTegat-*--s P*-Jt_i__ed by the troops. In many tostance_ one bottle would go the rounds of a tent and be the means of check—g more, than one incipient sore throat ©* wverisa attack Comment i_ needle*-.! *
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14991, 11 June 1914, Page 5
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