SICKNESS IN CAMP

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2881, 20 September 1916, Page 6

SICKNESS IN CAMP

-0 PRECAUTIONS'AGAINST CEREBRO- ■ SPINAL MENINGITIS. . No additional cases of ccrebro-spinal meningitis were reported in, the military camps yesterday. The eight cases in hospital, two at Trentham and six at Eeathorston, aro all reported to bo showing continued improvement. Of three cases of pneumonia in. the military hospitals, two have been removed from the serious list and tho remaining case is improving. The general health of the troops in camp is very good at the present time and the medical authorities arc hopeful that tho outbreaks of sickness, originating during the winter months, arc now well in hand. During tho last few days the inhaling rooms erected at the camps havo been in use in tho treatment of men suffering from sore throats and influenza, which sometimes develop into cerobro-spinal meningitis. These rooms, as stated some, days ago, havo been erected at the suggestion of the War Office, and they represent the most modern form of treatment. The air in them is charged heavily with a disinfectant, vapourised in steam, and the patients aro placed in them for five minutes at a time in order that the vapour may penotrate all the air passagos and destroy noxious germs. General Henderson, tho Director of Medical Services, informed a Dominion roporter yesterday that inhaling rooms would soon bo in full running order ; and would bo able to provido treatment for a large number of men daily. All soldiers reported to have soro throats would bo given this preventive treatment, which had boon recommended by tho exports at tho War Office. _ General Henderson added that similar rooms would be provided on tho transP° rts- .