SOLDIERS AND CONSUMPTION
By Telegraph—-Press Association. Dunedin, February 7. In an interview to-day tho lion. G. W. Russell stated that a. normal number of soldiers was returning to NewZealand suffering from consumption, u'lit unfortunately there wero many instances where consumption developed after tue men returned. Tho Government was now dealing in the convalescent homes and hospitals with nearly as many discharged soldiers as undischarged. The number applying for Treatment in the institutions as discharged soldiers was steadily increasing. Tmlil the pressure of consumptive cases. Tiecanie greater:tho Government was not likely to increase the institutionsnow under its control.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2998, 8 February 1917, Page 4
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