RELIEF AT BANGKOK
SUFFERING PRISONERS OF
WAR
Rec. 11.40 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Deaths among Allied prisoners of war in camps at Bangkok before the arrival of medical aid averaged 25 a day, says the correspondent of the Associated Press at Kandy. The majority of prisoners so far contacted or evacuated by SEAC are suffering from some disease or malnutrition. Reports from Singapore indicate that beriberi, malaria, tuberculosis, and several types of dysentery are prevalent. According to information reaching SEAC headquarters, the Japanese, shortly before the end of the war, when it became obvious that they had lost, began concentrating prisoners of war at main centres, inaugurating a programme of better treatment. SEAC reports that 330 Indian prisoners of war so far have arrived in Bangkok. Conditions in the camps in Siam are improving satisfactorily, due to the whole-hearted efforts of the [British medical personnel, some of whom landed by parachute.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 57, 5 September 1945, Page 7
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