SOLDIERS' HEALTH.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 3

SOLDIERS' HEALTH.

MEASLES AT FEATHERSTON,

A TurtheY statement regarding, the health of the soldiers in camp was made by Surgoon-Oencral Henderson (Direc-tor-General of Modic.il Service) to a Wellington Post reporter on Tuesday.

General Henderson stated that at Trentham all the cerebrn-spinal meningitis cases,' with the exceptio.ii of two, were now (iff Hie seriously ill list.

■ At Foatherston matters were going ■well, except'that there was a ecj-faiti amount of mild German measles, chi'olly. among the Eighteenth Reinforcements, There were 100 admissions io hospital for the twenty-four hours ended noon on Monday, and'.h'fi discharges. Of these 100 admissions, 511 were for measles anil 27 for inllucnxa, the balance being for sprains anil various'other minor;complaints,' The idea-was to admit every man into' 'hospital who was not in a normal state of health. These 100 ail" missions were for Tniihoroniknu as well, and were finis drawn from a total of over 0000 men in training, The remaining cei'ebro-spinal meningitis ense at Feathcrston, he added, was improving.