HEALTH OF THE CAMPS
FEATHERSTON AND TRENTHAM COMPARED. A return submitted by General Henderson to the Minister of Defence gives comparative figures, from tho health viewpoint, for the Trentham and leatlierston Camps, during the periods January 1 to June 30, 1917 and 1918, thus: \ . Trentham. flherst n. . 1917.1918. 1917.1918. Admitted to hospital 720 'J93 1027 726 Measles V - 28 18 Inlluenza '0 6' lj » M Pneumonia 3 J * ~* C.S.M - 1 ■ \ ~ Deaths—Violence ... 1 — [ „ Disease ... -1 J . . ° l The average number of admissions to hospital per 1000 in camp was 181 last year and 201 this year. The causes of the five deaths this year were (one each). C S M., V.D.H., cancer of jaw, asthma, suicide. In the same period last year tho deaths were 17. . The reductions in cases of disease tor tho first six months of .this year compared with the same period ot last jeai, were 17 in measles, M m influenza, G m pneumonia, 1 in C.S.M.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 280, 15 August 1918, Page 4
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160HEALTH OF THE CAMPS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 280, 15 August 1918, Page 4
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