STATEMENT BY MINISTER
OUTBREAK WELL IN HAND.
In a statement to a Lyttelton Times reporter the Minister for Defence said that there had been meningitis cases at both Trentham and Featherston, but the outbreak was well in hand. He considered that there had been a carrier in the 18th Reinforcements. A peculiar feature was the fact that the outbreak was not confined to one hut, but cases had occurred in different huts. SiirgeonGeneral Henderson was quite satisfied with the health of the troops, and there would be no interference with the training.
There had been almost continuous rain at the camps, which made it very difficult to keep things free of mud, but under the circumstances mjHters were quite satisfactory. He had visited Featherston on Friday and was very pleased at the evidences of cleanliness that he saw, particularly in the latnnes. There were serious outbreaks of meningitis both .in English and Australian camps, and it was hard to erarflicate, but New Zealand's camps in comparison were in excellent health, and there was absolutely no danger of the disease becoming epidemic.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 40, 16 August 1916, Page 8
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181STATEMENT BY MINISTER Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 40, 16 August 1916, Page 8
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