Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-09
CAMP KEARNEY HEA[TH|EST OF
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MEN ARE MUCH BETTER CARED FOR THAN IN CIVILIAN LIFE; LIST OF SICK IFS SURPRISINGLY SMALL, REPORT SAYS.

CAMP kEARNEN, Jan. 3-ln or der to curtail the spread of false ru- mors about vitally important mili- tary matters, as much of the health report of the camp as 1t was con- sidered practicable to give out, was releasd today. It shows Camp Kearncy and the 10th division stand ing out as the healthicst camp oi men yet inspected.
 This report covers the four months since August, which is the life Of the division and it was compiled with the greatest care and accuracy.
 Although actual figures and per ccntagcs are censored, Colonel Mur- ray, division surgeon, and Major Jol- Icy, of the division inspectors staff, permitted a correspondent to look over their reports with them this morning and showed him the condi- tions actually as they are, right up to date.
 The percentage of sickness in this camp, even with all the little every day indispositions listed, Is surpris- ingly small.
 In order to doubly insure the good health oi the men here, the medical authorities have been almost unrca sonably careful in curtailing the spread of any disease Men who arc perfectly well have been isolated for observation, and have been entered on the sick report until such time as they were proved to be free from any dangerous grms.
 This has swcllcd the sick report and made it apparently much larger than the actual number of cases which arc being trcatd.
 Pneumonia here has not been pre- valent. Only about a third as many men have had it in any form what soevcr in the past four months, as arc shown in the reports from some of the other camps.
 The death rate for pneumonia is low, only 20 per cent of the cases having succumbcd in four months. Many of these cases have followed some other disease and made serious complications unavoidable, 1t is said.
 The health charts. which arc post cd in the division inspectors office, showing the daily sick report, and the trend of the more serious dl- seascs, have all taken a decided drop in the last week, which proves in disputably that conditions arc better now than they were a few weeks ago.
 And the general health report for the four months, compiled officially for the surgeon general at Washing ton. is one in which every person in- tcrcsted here in any way can be proud.
 Only seven new cases of vcncrcal disease have been discovered in the division in the past month, and, al though there are still a large nunr Der of cases being treated, this chart also carries a declining line; for many af the men, nearly all oi whom brought the disease with them from civilian life, arc being cured and re- leased for active scryioc again.
 This is another phase of the health work that swclls the reports. In civilian life. these same men were going about their daily work witl' this disease: but in the army, they are placed on sick report and m most cases isolated, and treated until cured. or discharged as physically unfit for military duty.
 People who have relatives among the mcn stationed here can rest as surcd that they are being cared for better than they were in civilian llfo as far as basic health science IS con cerncd, say the military medical ot' ficcrs.
 When man dies, his nearest oi kin are notified, and it has been the rule here to see that they were notl- fled before death.
 Some unfortunate circumstance ! have happened, 1t IS truc' put til'S was not through the neglect of the men in charge hcrc, according to Colonel Murray, who flatly denied several rumors repeated to him thl> morning.
 There is no alarming number oi deaths, according to his statements and there is no alarming sickness tc any extent.
 Health conditions are lar better than in any civilian community ot the same size and the percentages oI sickness and death are away below those of the average city. AIR FLEET TO PUT FEAR OF GOD IN HUN HEARl