THE MEASLES TROUBLE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2488, 15 June 1915, Page 7

THE MEASLES TROUBLE

« A HOSPITAL TENT BLOWN DOWN GENEROUS'OFFER ACCEPTED * The measles ti'ouble at the Trenthaui Camp continues to • cause soine iittlo anxiety. Oil Sunday evening 0110 of the big marquees in which a number of Patients were located was blown down, and as tha weather was tile reverse ot propitious, tho patients wore subjected to some inconveuienco until the jockevs' and trainers' quarters connected 'with the Wellington Racing Club's course were secured for them, Tliero the patients were made as comfortable as possible, pending some other arrangements. This action on the part of tho military authorities was communicated to tho President of the Racing Club (Mr. J. B. Harcourt) on Sunday night by tho Hon. R. H. Rhodes, tho Minister- in Charge of Hospitals, who at onco acquiesced in the arrangement. §peaking to a Dominion reporter yesterday, Mr. Harcourt stated that these premises would only bo used temporarily, as the club had_ a raco meeting nest month, and the jockeys and trainers would require the accommodation at the end of the month. News of the difficulty the authorities are experiencing resulted in an offer of a generous character boing made by Messrs. Levin and Co. That firm has a very fine three-storied brick wool and flax store at Kaiwarra, which covers, roughly, about an acre of ground. The first floor in this store has been placed unreservedly in the hands of the Health authorities, and under the direction of Dr. Valintine (Inspector-General of Hospitals) and Dr. Frengloy (District Health Officer) a start was made yesterday morning to get tho place • ready for tho reception of patients from the camp at Trentham. They have already commenced the work of installing a kitchen plant, and doing all that' is essential for the equipment of a temporary hospital. Messrs. Levin and Co.'s offer is really a splendid one, as the store is situated close to the railway line at Kaiwarra, and patients can bo transferred with a minimum of trouble. Apart from the cases in camp, there are already some seventeen convalescents in Mr. C. H. Iz'ard's house at the Upper Hutt, twenty-three cases in tho old Fever Hospital at Berhampore, and twenty-four cases are boing treated in the Victoria Home for Chronic Invalids. Outbreaks of the kind are not uncommon in military camps, particularly when the troops are under canvas, and the usual way of combating the evil, it is stated; is to shift camp, in order to get away from infected ground, but as tents are being superseded at Trentham by hutments, with wooden floors, raised from the ground, it is hoped .that the trouble _ will hot be. a lasting one. Tho authorities are doing all in their power to prevent the spread of the malady.