LIVERPOOL CAMP ENQUIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1915, Page 7

LIVERPOOL CAMP ENQUIRY.

DOCTOR'S 11KATE1) PiinTKST. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Beceiveil .luly 2it, S..m ,1.111. Sydney, July 20. At tlic Liverpool <a 1111> inquiry. Dr. Schlink, who whs in <barge of the lionpiti. aiivi> ('villoma that from the outset lie advocated tliat tii.- hospital should lir removed to higher ground anil better accommodation provided. From January 111 to yesterday, there were four thousand ad'mi.-.sions. or at the rati' of eight thousand yearly. In dune there wc.'e O-t-'ii admissions. .1 lie death rate ill t'in.' old hospital was deeinial three per centum no to duly 1. The number of men who appeared this year 011 sick parade was ."O.Ofili. Drink was the cause of a Ureal deal of illness, and the class of .drink distributed to the troops was awful.

Dr. ScMink's counsel asked for a subpoena lor Senator Milieu, with the object of 'finding out the source of the charge of disloyalty allegedly made against Dr. .Schlink. Justice Rich pointed out that Br. Schlink-was not charged with disloyalty, but with having a Uennaii name ana I'ierman sympathies. Dr. .Schlink passionately protested against the cruelty of fieing accused of sympathy that, he did not possess. His name was sullied and his professional honor trampled on. He added: " I come here as an Australian." Justice Rich asstn-'d him that there was no suggestion against li is professional honor. Received July 20, 11.5 p.m. Sydney. July 20. Dr. Schiink said lie did not regard the camp unhealthy, but more suitable sites were available. Wherever thcyihad a camp there would be the same amount of infectious diseases. SMALL PERLEX'TACK OF DEATHS. Sydney, July 21. Dr. Schlink gave further evidence that altogether only eleven deaths had occurred in the camp hospital, about one l in every 300 cases. The ordinary deathrate in hospitals was four to five per j 100 cases. At sick parade threcripiarters of the cases were trivial and amounted I to malingering.