BED CROSS IN SERVIA.
' APPALLING CONDITIONS.RAVAGES OF TYPHUS. Tiraea and Sydney 'Sun Sctvices. (Received May 2D, 0.15 p.ifl.) i London, May 28. 1 The official Press Bureau has 1 issued a report on relief work in 1 Servia* In March at Nish there 1 were 37,000 sick troops i ''he army, including 15,000 cases oi 'er, &X/ 0 1 being cases of typhus, 8000 cases of ' relapsing fever,' and 1500 cases of ' enteric fever. Tho conditions were ■ appalling. Patients ou'.' "'Oibered L the beds in the hospitals, -'W- Joe " to and nurses were dying. At ono ' time 700 men were lying in 200 beds, k attended by two doctor?. Insanitary arrangements prevailed. There were 3 no bathrooms, and typhoid hew era/re • was discharged into an® open ditch > outside the ward. 1 Rigid measures produced a - gradual improvement, On April 18 3 the cases of typhus had been re--3 duced to 948 and of enteric fever to s 1126.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 8
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158BED CROSS IN SERVIA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 8
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