HEALTH AND HYGIENE REPORT NUMBER 1 AS AT 21 NOV 90

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             PitIVALENT CONDITIONS

             is    The breakdown of new cases by @ptom group shows that more
             cases with GIT conditions and injuries were reported during the
             deployment than had been the case previously. There was a marked
             drop in the proportion of xkin cases andt to a lesser extentt of
             respiratory cases,

                                     INCIDENCE BY SYMPTOM GROUP

                                  An at 10/11/90    As at 19/11/90

                   Respiratory          14%               10%

                   Alimentary             8%              14%

                   Skin                 37%               27%

                   Heat                 (I%               <1%

                   Eye              not recorded            5%

                   injury               21%               26%

                   other                19%               19%

             B#    The increase in alimentary cases is     largely due to an
             increase in the incidence of patients with diarrhoea. There have
             been a few small outbreaks but the cases have, for the most part,
             been sporadic.

                                   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

             TABRINC;

             94    At present the following environmental health (EH)    assets
             are part of the 7 Armd Bde Group;

                   as  Pd Byg Beet - I Armd Fd Amb - covers 7 Armd Bde.

                   b&  Pd Byg Sect - 24 (Airmob) Fd Amb     covers Ff4A units.

                   a&  EHO 33 Fd Hoop.

                   d6  BHT I AES.

             .tG& EHO 33 Fd Hosp has been given responsibility for monitoring
             food hygiene and incidence of diarrhoeal diseases.

             i.tb Ego (Gulf) in also based at HQ FMA* He oliaises with EB
             personnel forward, EU units in the rest of the theatre and
             reports to Cowd Med HQ BFMB.


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