DOMINIONS AND THE WAR

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 30938, 23 July 1917, Page 3

DOMINIONS AND THE WAR

CASUALTIES IN SOUTH: AFRICA, QUESTION IN HOUSE OF : COMMONS. : " (Router's Telegrams), ' / LONDON; Jiily 20. .In.flic' Houselof Conunoiis, Mr P.'A. .Moltcno iifktul .the causes of the sick- ■ ness and c;isn:i]tio3. among the native carriers' in 'German East Africa, which, : he st.'itpd, reach the monthly average of'from ten to fifteen per 1000.,' Mr 11, I, Macphci'son, hijliameiflary Secretary to the War Office, replied that the-caiisin were principally malaria, pneumonia, cerebrospinal fever, 'and dysentery, Fifty-two medical offi'cers liail been posted to temporary hospitals, mid additional help for South | Africa .was being obtained. . - I • ' . -'•