SICKNESS IN CAMPS
ANOTHER CASE OF MENINGITIS I A DEATH REPORTED An additional case of cerebrospinal meningitis was reported at Featherston Camp on Sunday. The other case at Featherston is making good progress. Of the two cases of cerebrospinal meningitis at Trentham Camp, one has been taken off the "serious" list, while the otner shows no marked cliange Private R. C. Tucker, of the Nineteenth Infantry Reinforcements, died at Grey-town Hospital early on Sunday morning, tho cause of death being bronchial pneumonia. The deceased had been ill for sonio weeks. General Henderson, Director of Medical Services, paid a visit to the Lowry Bay Convalescent Home' yesterday. He found nineteen patients in the home, all doing very well. "The health of tho troops generally is very good," said General Henderson to a Dominion reporter yesterday. "The warm weather lias caused a rapid improvement in camp conditions, and the amount of sicknoss is' declining. Many of tho measles patients at Featherston are returning to, duty."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2868, 5 September 1916, Page 6
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163SICKNESS IN CAMPS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2868, 5 September 1916, Page 6
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