HEALTH OF TROOPS IN CAMP.
(From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, July 4. In an officio, report to Sir James Allen, it is shown that there has been a remarkable, decrease in sickness at Trontham and Featherstcn Gamps during the first six mouths of this year, as compared with tho corresponding' period of last year. The admissions to hospitals during the first six months of last year totalled 4,900 (2,505 at Trentham and 2,595 at Featherston). The admissions this year only totalled 1,864 (720 at Trentham and 1,144 at Featherston). There had been a marked diminution in cases of measles and influenza, although these infectious diseases were very pronounced amongst the civil population. The influenza cases this year , numbered 65 at Trentham and 169 at Featherston, as compared with 1,150 and 658 respectively. This remarkable improvement is attributed to a more thorough system of inspection, reporting, and isolation, and also to inhalation rooms.
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Evening Star, Issue 16467, 4 July 1917, Page 10
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