TEENTHAM CAMP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16030, 23 September 1915, Page 4

TEENTHAM CAMP.

MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS. GENERAL HENDERSON'S REPORT. [Br MXSGRAPH. —rauss ASSOCIATION.] Wrt.mxgto!?, Wednesday. Ix accordance with a request from the Minister for Defence, Surgeon-General Henderson, director of military and medical services, has submitted a repoit upon Trent-ham camp. General Henderson ■was asked to report upon the increase in hospital cases. In his report, dated September 20, he states that he had perused the report of the Roval Commission and had inspected the camp hospital at Trentham. He had found that at present there was no epidemic. Cases of sickness in hospital were chiefly influenza of a mild type, and the number admitted was chiefly j due to the excessive care of the medical j officers, who admitted all who were even I mildly indisposed. As regards measles. I the cases were of a mild type, mostly | of German measles, and during the last! three days there were only three cases. ] The hospital c cconimodation was ample, | and the patients were well cared lor. j As regards the camp itself, the hats were excellent, and compared favourably with those supplied in England. There was no necessity for provision of separate dining halls in the present camp. SurgeonGeneral Henderson considered the position of tha huts was satisfactory, and there was no objection to the intervals between huts, although in future camps he considered it better to have them 50ft apart He dM not consider there was any overcrowding of men, as the proportion of men to the acre was at present 105. The roads being constructed and the surface drainage wer-? quite satisfactory. He was satisfied there was no reason to fear an outbreak of an epidemic owing to lack of sanitation, though they must be orepared for measles and influenza recrudescing. Surgeon-General Henderson makes some suggestions. He says hot and cold i water were being provided, and he understood they would be ready at the end of the w»»k. This was a very urgent j matter. He recommend ad that nightsoil i should be disposed of by incinerators, and experiments should be started immediI ately. The huts would be all fullv dis- ; infected rn October for six days, between the time of departure of one lot of troops and of the arrival of another. Other small recommendations, commendations, and comments are contained in the report.