AN APPALLING SITUATION.
The doctors were faced with an appalling situation. There were no beds for the sick men, and the state of the patients on the Moors was in(lesenlnble. Xo milk, or eggs were procurable, so the sick were fed on black bread and raw herrings, like the rest of the prisoners. The doctors commenced to sort the cases, and to isolate the convalescents. The epidemic lasted four months, and totalled 2000 eases, of whom 14 per cent, died.
Brunner and other camp authorities were actively hostile throughout. The doctors encouraged games of footbail, but Brunner ordered the games to be stopped on pain of severe punishment.
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Northern Advocate, 30 October 1916, Page 4
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108AN APPALLING SITUATION. Northern Advocate, 30 October 1916, Page 4
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