Disease in Camp.
A SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS. Soldiers who were in Masterton on Wednesday niglit informed the Wairarapa"Age" that the measles epidemic has become serious in me Featherston camp, hundreds of men being down with the complaint. In one hutment, only eight men out of fifty or sixty remain. Lvfluenza is also veryprevalent, and .*>, number of cases of cerebro spinal meningitis are under treatment. One soldier stated that the ranks of the officers had been so decimated by disease that it had been impossible for some of the platoons to do work for several days past.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13523, 6 October 1916, Page 7
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97Disease in Camp. Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13523, 6 October 1916, Page 7
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