SICKNESS IN CAMPS
PRESENT POSITION VERY' SATIS- ■ ./-FACTORY.The amount of sickness in the military camps at the present time is less than one-quarter of the amount recorded at the corresponding.period of last year. The position is regarded as very satisfactory by the medical authorities. ' There are no cases of measles in the hospitals, and colds and influenza are not prevalent. An epi.demic of gastroenteritis was being- experienced at Featherston this time last year, but this trouble has not recurred. . ■■ "■ ■-■'.'. Thd number of cases of sickness is : likely to show some increase with l the approach "of the winter months, but the indications,-are that the position will be a great'deal better-in that •respect than it has been.in iYis other winters of the war period. , The; preventive' measures, that have been- demised by the medical staff, in the light, of the experience.acquired in military icamps here and..'elsewhere,-are having -their effect.'■".'...'■- . .. .'• .-.,■.."
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3053, 14 April 1917, Page 9
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148SICKNESS IN CAMPS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3053, 14 April 1917, Page 9
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