SOLDIERS IN CAMP
"The total number of. suicides in the Now Zealand military camps has been eleven," said the Minister of Defence (Sir James Allen) yesterday. "Three of the suicides occurred in 1916. Tho matter has been very thoroughly investigated, and it appears that in all military camps ,the suicides aro more numerous than in ordinary civilian life."
The Minister added that tho military statistics of all countries showed that the suicide rate was higher among the military population than among civilians. In England and Wales the civilian suicides were at tho rate of 1.07 per 10,000, while the military suicides were at tho the rate of 3.79 per 10,000. The English ratio of civilian to military suicides was as 100 to 227. The Minister quoted similar figures from European countries.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 7
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131SOLDIERS IN CAMP Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 7
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