NARROW NECK CAMP
A' TEMPORARY,'HOSPITAL.
'•'.Narrow}-!'Neck'.'C'!tii(p,..near. Auclcland, ■where the Native reiiil'orcementshave been trained, is now being emptied, ai.ul is to lia..liiuiilcill over -ia. : . thelmcrlical ser.vfca for use in connection , -with the treatment .oL.invalided-eoldiers. • The proposal is that the carni; shall be kept- for the temporary reception qf.nieu'who are reported to havo lung trouble, but whose.condition does-not warrant' their-being sent to a sanatorium. M'en'wlio are '.'definitely . suffering from tuberciilaii disease will not be sent to Narrow Neck.'- v • >;' ■ . . Tho. .-Minister- of .-Defence . (Sir 'James Allen) stated. yesterday that some men who' showed-'.symptoms, of'lung trouble iu.Eugland.nVrivwl back in New.Zealand practically cure'H', owing. to the beneficial effects of the-sea '.VdyaKC.' , .! But it .was 'desirable often; to-keep, these, men .under observation for!i<v.' short -.lime -in this ■country they'.were, .discharged,'.and :fii)i'row. Nock Camp., was-.fq-'be. used for ..this.! purpose.,. :;i ... ~-...,; ~..;.-. T.he Miniatei!,i\ddc(l. l.hathe had .noticed a. suggestion"tlint'.";t.!iis.."usc -of' Narrow •Neuk- Camp ..v.oulil .eudnnger ~the health. of the neighbouring residents.' The medical officers assured h'jm thiit there- would, bo not the leas}; .danger." The Director-' Genera] of -Medical Services was making a. report on' i.lie.subject, ami this reportwould -.be published. The ii.ion who would go .to .Narrow' Neck Camp.for observation,, pending, either, their .discharge or their' trn.njsfer. to, a sanatoriinn,' .would bo a dam;er..t'oiiioliocly,. i'l'lic/ were, inon who had- foußht for their country, and dofi'ixed tho best their couiftry could [jivo , them. '-..... . ■ . '
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 50, 23 November 1918, Page 2
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225NARROW NECK CAMP Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 50, 23 November 1918, Page 2
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