Part 03: Sir David Gilbert Ferguson correspondence, September-December 1915 - Page 28
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[Page 28]
got in on our track but we were well shepherded by Destroyers for the last 400 miles of our journey, & we arrived safely all well. Also although we have an epidemic of measles & also that horrible cerebro spinal meningitis with daily lumbar punctures, we fortunately reached port without the loss of a single man, & the Col. Commanding was good enough to congratulate our medical staff for the work we had done. At Capetown we sent ashore the first 2 cerebro spinal meningitis cases & disinfected the ship right through, hoping to limit the outbreak. Also I got the Bacteriologist at Capetown to take swabs from all the suspicious throats on parade. The cultures take 3 days to
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