THE TRENTHAM EPIDEMIC

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 4

THE TRENTHAM EPIDEMIC

It is satisfactory that tho nature of the disease among the troops at Trentham has been definitely established, and the necessary steps can be taken to combat it. _ Tho parents and relatives of those in camp will also be relieved to know that the mortality in epidemics of cerebrospinal meningitis is stated by-medi-cal authorities to be highest at the beginning of the outbreaks. No deaths have been reported for some time now, and this gives good ground for hoping that the worst is well past, particularly in view of tho transfer of the bulk of the men to new ground. The prompt action of the Government in shifting camp has been thoroughly justified. It is obvious, however, that stringent precautions must bo observed for some time to come. Cercbro-spinal meningitis, though fortunately not so highly infectious as typhus fever— the disease at first feared—is very much a thing not to be trifled with. The doctors are stated to be taking all necessary steps to cope with the situation, and it is to be hoped thoy will be successful in tracing the history of all the cases and isolating the contacts so far as is possible.