the
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mainly to the scarcity of soap
the skth diseases was very prevalent, chiefly in
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the form of scabies and dermatitis of scrotum. One member of the 22nd Fortress Company R.E. actually died of septicaemia as a complicating sequela of cutaneous infection.
(e) Diphtheria.
camp.
For the last month and a half Diphtheria broke out in the Because no drugs other than potassium permangate and saline gargles were given to treat these cases the death rate averaged two persons a day.
(f) Nutritional Deficiency diseases.
Practically
The most prominent and the most prevalent diseases of all were undoubtedly Beri-Beri and Pellagra. everyone suffered from it in one form or another. Some of the men who developed the wet form of BeriBeri with swollen legs underwent the most agonising pain; and the poor fellows were driven to attempt suicide. Because the doctors' hands were tied owing to the absence of specific drugs and of proper foods their intense sufferings were temporarily relieved by injections of morphia. As a stopgap measure, home-made yeast was handed out which tended to ease the situation somewhat.
(g) Malaria.
A few cases of Malaria were reported but a very small amount of quinine was available for treatment.
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in use.
SANITARY CONDITIONS.
Sanitary conditions are very bad. No flush system buckets which are emptied twice daily by fatigue parties are
Running water is available for drinking and washing: soap is provided by the Japanese in small lots. There is a shortage of clothing and bedding, particularly footwear. Beds for all have now been built with materials supplied by the Japanese.
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JAPANESE ATTITUDE.
The Japanese Camp Commandant is apparently doing all he can to alleviate conditions in the Camp but has met with little or no response from Tokyo. He started at one time fly- killing contests with cigarettes as prizes. The attitude of
the