HEALTH OF THE TROOPS
SICKNESS IN TEE CAMPS. One, of the men suffering from cerebro-spinal, meningitis at- Featherston was reported yesterday to be dangerously ill. The other meningitis cases were progressing favourably. A caso .of pneumonia and 'measles at r eatherston had been taken .'off the serious list, and a severe • case of measles was Rightly .better.Cases of measles-of a mild still being reported at Fcatherston Camp. Influenza.,vand sore' throats nave made their appearance among the men of the Twenty-first | Reinforcements at Trentham. ■ These troubles af-. llict every.new draft, and the medical authorities^liave.^ot ; y.!t'''satisfied.; : ijhprn' r ' selves' as.|p (f .aiuse,;Vispit9 , o/ v,ery : careful investilatioiw-'r 'Tftp'giiggWioiu has bcon raa^.^iat,tlic,ycntiiating sys--torn in thc.liuts may produce draughts, and so 'occasion colds in the cases of racn fresh from civilian life. This idea is being tested by theremoral of some of tlic men afc'Tientbaiii .to-tents.'
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2896, 7 October 1916, Page 9
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141HEALTH OF THE TROOPS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2896, 7 October 1916, Page 9
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