Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific

APPENDIX C — Hospital Admissions—Army in New Zealand — (From DGMS Reports)

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APPENDIX C

Hospital Admissions—Army in New Zealand
(From DGMS Reports)

1 Jun 1941-31 Mar 1942	Camp and Public Hospitals	2.68 per 1000 daily
1 Apr 1942-31 Mar 1943	Camp Hospitals	28.5 per 1000 monthly
	^*Public Hospitals	14.2 per 1000 monthly
	Camp and Public Hospitals	1.42 per 100 daily
1 Apr 1943-31 Mar 1944	Camp Hospitals	34.1 per 1000 monthly
	^*Public Hospitals	10.6 per 1000 monthly
	Camp and Public Hospitals	1.49 per 1000 daily
1 Apr 1944-31 Mar 1945	Camp and Public Hospitals	0.98 per 1000 daily
1 Jun 1945-31 May 1946	Camp and Public Hospitals	0.87 per 1000 daily

The average figures for hospital admissions are lower than the computation of 0.3 per cent daily sick as allowed for in the plan for emergency hospital organisation.

*Return of Infectious Diseases from Camps from 1 January to 30 September 1940*
Camp	Influenza	Measles	Syphilis	Gonorrboea
Burnham	1,159	19	1	42
Fort Dorset	84	48
Maori Battalion			3	39
Narrow Neck	11l	3		22
Ngaruawahia ^*	225	98	1	11
Te Rapa		34 (Sep only)
Papakura	1,662	8	5	117
Trentham	1,444	180	7	108
	——	——	——	——
Grand Total	4,685	390	17	339

Ngaruawahia Camp closed for months May, June and July.

*Cases of Influenza, Third Echelon*
Date	Number Reporting Sick	Admitted Camp Hasp.	Trans. Civil Hasp.	Remaining Camp Hasp.	Remaining Civil Hasp.
1940	Pap. Tr. Bur.	Pap. Tr. Bur.	Pap. Tr. Bur.	Pap. Tr. Bur.	Pap. Tr. Bur.
Week ended 16 May	129 210 52	29 24 13	8 1 1	13 21 16	33 27 9
23 May	1005 961 590	95 52 32	21 4	25 39 30	38 35 8
30 May	1462 1471 901	132 116 81	.49 26 23	30 47 43	66 46 27
Day 31 May	184 251 176	12 22 14	33	25 56 48	74 51 33
1 Jun	117 187 128	21 14 18	3 2 16	35 55 41	76 62 33
2 Jun	108 159 111	21 22 22	13 5 15	31 63 46	83 63 49
3 Jun	200 346 194	25 39 21	6 17 8	47 77 59	99 64 78

*Deaths in New Zealand*
Disease		Accident
Septicaemia	1	12
Pleurisy	1
Influenza	1

^* Includes cases transferred from Camp Hospitals.