From the time of the arrival of the first prisoners of war until 15 June 1944, the tota number of patients, pital wag 2,067. These cases included malaria 167, admitted to the hos commor om diarrhea 1, scabies 33, Vincent's « measles 4, tuberculosis 2, pnewsonia 21, dysentery 12, 123 injuriesold and new, diphtheria 1, impetigo ntal cases were sent 1, rhewnatic to Pushnell fever Hospital 7, mumps at Grighan 2, and City, Utah, and those which did not resp ond satisfactorily to treatment were eral Hospital at Long island, New York, for re- ' patriation.® During this same period the entire prisoner of war camp averaged . & Weight inerease of fift een pounds per man. fifty-four pounds.” The record of dental Some gained as much as | casse given by the station hospital alse is indicative of the medical care te the Italian prisoners. any of them had serious mouth conditions, including osteomiolitis and necrosis of the jaw bones. pur ng the year there were 17,027 dental cases treated, of which 2, 206 were periapical abscesses, 1,043 de ntal local anesthesia, 2,216 extractions, 698 calculus renovale, 3,259 fillings, 2,666 tooth 129 Vincent's stomatitia, and 3,710 gum treatments. After porcelain fillings became avai lable, there were about 500 treatments, done a month. Most of the men still have testh missing, and sbout | | LO everyone on the post has had teeth pulled. thas Tika a. tintes & hesedile ined. Ln )