SICKNESS IN CAMP

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23479, 6 November 1941, Page 4

SICKNESS IN CAMP

INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MEASLES HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION EXPANDED An increase in the prevalence in Burnham Military Camp of measles, mumps, and feverish colds of the kmd known generally as “influenza,” has necessitated special measures by the medical authorities. They emphasise that the position is not alarming, but that additional!" hospital accommodation has had to be provided to deal with the present cases and in order to be prepared for the possibility of a further increase in the incidence of these maladies. The most marked increase has been in measles, states Colonel Sir Hugh Acland, Assistant Director of Medical Services. There has, he told a reporter of "The Press,” been a fair amount of mumps and feverish colds both in the camps and among the civil population in recent months, but the increase lately has been comparatively slight, “The position is that we have got some measles some mumps, and some influenza, and we are not quite sure where it is going to land us,” said Sir Hugh. "The position is not serious and there is no cause for alarm.” Most of the measles cases were of a mild type, and this comjSlaint had also been prevalent for the greater part of the year. The-recent increase in the number of cases was "a nuisance,” but it could not be said that it was more than that. Sir Hugh Acland visited Burnham Camp yesterday, and he said everything possible was being done to meet the position. Three tents had been in use at, the Bur wood Hospital for some time, and this temporary accommodation was being increased by the erection of another tent.