CASES AT BURNHAM.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, June 4. Between 100 and 200 soldiers from the Burnham camp are in hospital with influenza. They are in the wards in the Christchurch Hospital, the soldiers’ wards at Burwood Hospital, and in the hospital ward's at the camp itself. The authorities consider that the epidemic is running a normal course and say some of the first cases to go” down arc now in the convalescent state. ' "The outbreak is proceeding in much the way we expected,” said Colonel Sir Hugh Acland, A.D.M.S. “There is nothing to be alarmed about and the type of influenza among the cases now being brought into hospitals is not serious. Some of the men are already convalescent. Men in hospitals are all getting on pretty, well, and we have been able to meet the situation adequately.” Asked whether'it was likely that the camp would be closed, Sir Hugh was emphatic that such a step was not,necessary, and said it had not even been suggested. . : V •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 158, 5 June 1940, Page 2
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