Health of Troops

The only endemic diseases of importance in the first half of 1945 were malaria, diphtheria, typhoid, and the venereal diseases. The force was affected only in a very minor degree by diphtheria and malaria and not at all by typhoid, but was seriously affected by venereal diseases when Trieste was occupied.

The health of the troops had been generally excellent during the winter months, and with the decreased incidence of hepatitis the number of sick evacuated from the Division had diminished appreciably.

The number of sick admissions in the Division were 1030 in January, 815 in February, 1074 in March, 967 in April, and 1009 in May. At times up to 60 per cent of the cases were returned to their units without being evacuated beyond the divisional medical units.

2 NZEF (Italy and Egypt) Admissions to Medical Units

		With BCs
	Total Cases	Excluded
January	2143	2040
February	1984	1893
March	2095	2074
April	2769	1679
May	2141	2074
	11,132	9760

2 NZEF Patients in Medical Units

1 Jan	2720
31 Jan	2104
28 Feb	1775
31 Mar	1523
30 Apr	2399
31 May	1410