AMOEBIC DYSENTERY
B.M.A. CONFERENCE REPORT ( (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Feb. IG. The incidence of amoebic dysentery in New Zealand has been discussed by the British Medical Association conference at Wellington. Before the war this disease was a stranger to New Zealand but during the war years more than 100,000' New Zealanders served in areas where it was found. Since then air travel has brought the tropics closer. Dr. Ivan Wilson (Wellington) ieported that during the first four postwar years the Pensions Department had accepted 148 cases of amoebic dysentery. Of these the Aimy _ contributed 134. Fifty-two cases had been discharged from their services as grade * one. Twenty-six had been prisoners of war. The annual acceptance of cases had increased from 29 to 53 The interval between a patient’s return to New Zealand and the, diagnosing of disease wass 33 months. Thirty-two per cent, of cases were apparently cured, 3o pei cent, were much improved, and 2o pei cent, showed some improvement.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 106, 17 February 1950, Page 4
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159AMOEBIC DYSENTERY Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 106, 17 February 1950, Page 4
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