SPINAL MENINGITIS
ANOTHER CASE AT EEATHERSTON. • One of the suspected cases at Eeatherston Camp has proved to be cerebrospinal meningitis. ■ • In making this announcement to a reporter, Surgeou-Genoral Henderson, Di-rector-General of Medical Services, said that tho patient was making good progress. l'lie other remaining case sliowed some improvement. This made thesixth ca6o of cerobro-spinal meningitis that had occurred at Eeatherston Camp during the past five months, and of these there had been two deaths. .Trentham Camp was quite free of the trouble. There had, as a matter of fact, been only two cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis at Trentham since the epidemic of last year—one in September Ovhich recovered) and one in December last, which died.
• Speaking of . the health records of-the two camps. General Henderson said that' during April last, the percentage of daily sick in hospital at Eeatherston was 1.5, which was low. At Trentham during the same month the daily sick in hospital was only .95 per cent., which was, exceptionally low.. General Henderson adM ttfat'< these were the percentages, notwithstanding: that tho camp medical sta'ffs. were, very, liboral iii;admitting men 'to.hospital..:...
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 6
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184SPINAL MENINGITIS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 6
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