NUMBERS OF INJURED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20793, 9 February 1931, Page 15

NUMBERS OF INJURED.

FIELD HOSPITAL CASES.

TOTAL OF 2200 PATIENTS.

MEDICAL WORK PRAISED. FREE TREATMENT ARRANGED. [by TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER.] NAPIER, Sunday. A tribute to the efficient medical and nursing organisations "which camo into existcnco so rapidly was paid to-day by the Minister of Health, tho Hon. A. J. Stallworthy. Tho Minister said that apart from the death roll tho 1200 casualty cases treated at Napier and the' 1000 cases troatcd at Hastings, would convey some idea of tho wonderful work of doctors, nurses, domestic and ambulance services. It was a wonderful achievement of medical services that not one of tho recovered injured, although the total was so great, had to remain for any time without treatment.

About 250 cot or stretjher cases ioquiring fully-equipped hospital treatment had been transferred to other hospitals.

Complete arrangements had been made to give freo hospital treatment on a community basis over a period of weeks until normal conditions again ruled.

NAPIER FIELD HOSPITAL

PROGRESS OF PATIENTS.

————— « DEAN BROCKLEHURST IMPROVING [BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER.] NAPIER, Saturday. Those injured in Napier and environs who are now in the field hospital at the racecourse are as follows: Dean Brocklehurst, injury to back, condition very satisfactory. James Collins, Parke Island Old Men's Homo, injuries to arms and legs, condition satisfactory. Mrs. E. Gill, Mohaka, badly lacerated feet.

Mrs. Frew, aged 80, 123, Hastings Street, Napier, bruises on left arm and wrist, partial paralysis, condition serious. Mrs. Terill, 185, Carlisle Street, paralysis, condition satisfactory.

Arthur David Thomas, 35, married, 702, Ellison Road, Hastings, in Napier Hospital for appendicitis, satisfactory. Ivor Saunders, 28, married, bacteriologist at the hospital, slight injuries to head and arms, satisfactory. Lan Hector Macdonald, aged 43, Emerson Street, mental strain, serious. Henry Skclton, aged 91, Parke Island Old Men's Home, injuries to hand, feet, body and face, condition serious.

Rimo Sutton, aged 8, Pakatahi, was in Napier Hospital for appendicitis, case condition satisfactory.

Rae Macllnc, aged 15, Technical College, injuries to head and knee, satisfactory. Mrs. Kathleen Lumsden, aged 77, Craven Street, Napier, partly paralysed, satisfactory.

Ngaire Kenn, aged five years, 88, Shakespeare Road, Napier, depressed fracture of skull, leg injuries, condition serious. Mrs. Louis Hay, aged 38, Milton Terrace, Napier, amputation of right leg, seri-

.Mrs. Willie Sindcn, aged 44, 2, Byron Street, Napier, internal injuries, serious. Miss Winnie Irving, aged 22, 246, Thames Street Oamaru, shock and norve tension, satisfactory.

Mrs. Margaret Steele, aged 77. Carnell Street, Napier, nerves and shock, satisfactory. Miss M. Barron, aged 82, 42, Chaucer Street, Napier, shock, satisfactory. Mrs. Agnes Dealcy and her two-year-old son, John Dealey. Mrs. Dealey is suffering from sevore shock.

DRY GRASS ON FIRE.

SAILORS QUELL FLAMES.

[BY WIRELESS. —SPECIAL REPORTER.] NAPIER, Saturday.

A grass fire broko out near Napier this afternoon, and had it not been for the prompt action of a naval party returning from Hastings tho flames might have spread to the houses in the vicinity. Lieutenant-Commander Terry, who was in charge of the party, saw tho flames and immediately ordered the trucks on which the men were returning to stop. The party set to work beating out the flames and covering the burning area with earth. The grass and scrub was bono dry and burning fiercely.