DOCTORS KILLED.
* AUSTRALIA'S HEAVY LOSSES. LONDON, February 21. _ There is a remarkable diminution in sickness among v Australians, the proportion being only one-fourth by comparison with last winter. ITie" mildness of the weather is the greatest factor, coupled with improved organisation ana the efficiency of the medical r-er-vices. There has been no recurrence of last year's influenza, and there is almost an entire absence of mumps, measles, cerebro-spinal disease, ana trench feet. The "British Medical Journal.'' reviewing the year, states that it appears that the proportion of doctors killed was highest in the Australian force. Still more remarkable is the number of Australian medical men of field rank killed. The figures show the killed:— ' R.A.M.C., four, including two lost at sea. Territorials, four. Australians, eight. Canadians and South Africans, one each. The total of Australian doctors killed is 18, the wounded being
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16153, 6 March 1918, Page 3
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