Sickness on Troopship.
OUTBREAK OF SICKNESS ON A TROOPSHIP. MEASLES, FNEUMONIAi AND PLEURISY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Albany, July 31. Arrivod: Drayton Grange, with 3000 Commonwealth troops on board. Measles broke out a few days after leaving Durban. Pneumonia and pleurisy supervened, and 100 men are in hospital. Half of the cases are serious. A GRAVE SCANDAL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Albany, July 81. Tho Drayton Grange has a rocord for transport work, but it has boon achieved at grave and UDjustifiablo risk to human life. The ship was recklessly ovorerowded, and berthed under most insanitary conditions, which in tho opinion of medical men compelled an epidemic. On one troop deck alono 1500 had to eat and live.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 491, 1 August 1902, Page 3
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