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HEAVY SICK LIST IN EAST AFRICA

QUESTION IN THE WHITISH PARLIAMENT. London, July 20. In the House ■ of Commons, Mr. P. A. Molteno naked-the reason of the sickness and casualtios amongst the native earners in East Africa, which, it was stated, had reached a monthly average of between ton and fifteen thousand. Mr. J. I. Macphersou (Under-Secre-tary to tho War Office) replied that the causes were principally malaria, pneumonia, cerebro-spinal fever, and dysentery. Fifty-two medical men had been posted to temporary hospitals, and additional help from .South Africa was being obtained.—Beuter. ■

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3143, 23 July 1917, Page 5

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HEAVY SICK LIST IN EAST AFRICA Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3143, 23 July 1917, Page 5

HEAVY SICK LIST IN EAST AFRICA Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3143, 23 July 1917, Page 5

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