MEASLES AT TRENTHAM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 32, 8 June 1915, Page 3

MEASLES AT TRENTHAM.

TREATMENT OF THE CASiS. I*eb Dress Association. Wellington, Juno /. Tile Defence Department Inis boon making some now arrangements during the last clay or two lor handling the outbreak of. measles at Treiitbain camp. The more serious cases are going to bo treated at the public hospital, whore room is being made loi them by the removal of the present occupants of the female chronic wand, and mild eases will be dealt with at other hospitals now at the disposal of the military authorities. The Minister ol Delenee stated tonight that he believed the new arrange meats were fully adequate to meet the needs of the situation. The moii ( would receive, all the attention they; required during the period of dlnessj and convalescence, and tin* Delenee. authoritics would take all proper steps' to check the spread of the infection at Treiitbain. A suggestion has been made lately that in view of the outbreak ot measles at Trent!ram the Delenee /authorities should move the troops to a new camp. In support of this proposal it is urged that a camp used by a large body of men for a prolonged period is likely to become insanitary, and that a periodical change of the camping ground is a wholesome step as well as a wellestablished military practice. r lhe Minister for Defence, to whom this' matter was mentioned to-night, stated that he could not approve of the proposal. The Defence Department had provided a first-class military camp at Trent ham by the expenditure of much money and labor and efficiency would not he served by moving the troops to some spot where all the work would require to be done again. On the ground of efficiency there were very strong reasons why the ■ I rentham camp should cuntihncHo he the training ground for the expeditionary forces prior to their departure from New Zealand. ‘‘l am informed, and I can realise the truth of the statement, that the tradition which lias been created at Trentham is a very valuable influence indeed in the training of the men,” said Mr Alien. “The successive drafts are being inline peed by the esprit de corps w bicb lias grown up at the cam]). The reinforcement groups are trying to bettor the records left by their predecessors, and the consequence is readier submission to discipline, increased efforts and im- ( proved efficiency. Moreover, we can- ! not set about the organisation of a ■ new camp with the small staff at our disposal at the moment when more than 7000 men are undergoing training. I hope the public will not ask us to attempt it.”