ALLIED PRISONERS IN BANGKOK
AVERAGE DEATH KATE 25 DAILY New York, Sept. ■!. Deaths among Allied prisoners in Bangkok camps before the arrival of medical aid averaged 25 dail| ( saysan Associated Press correspondent al Kandy. The majority of prisoners so far contacted or evacuated by S.E.A.C. are suffering from some disease or malnutrition. Reports from Singapore indicate that beriberi. malaria, tuberculosis and several types of dysentery are prevalent. According to information reaching S.E.A.C. headquarters the Japanese, shortly before the end of the war when it became obvious that they had lost, began concentrating prisoners of war at main centres and inaugurating a programme of better treatment. S.E.A.C. reports that 330 Indian prisoners of war so far have arrived in Bangkok. Conditions in camps in Siam are improving satisfactorily, due to the whole-hearted efforts of British medical personnel, some of whom landed by parachute.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 213, 8 September 1945, Page 6
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