There are at the present time 149 prisoners under treatment, 8 Ottoman officers and 141 soldiers, distributed as follows:

Surgical cases (wounds): 66; among them 13 invalids and 6 who have undergone amputation and have been detained a long time in the hospital.

Internal ailments: 38; we may mention among the most serious cases of this kind noticed by us, 4 suffering from bilious haemoglobinurea, all from Bagdad; 6 from dysentery, anaemic and enfeebled patients; 4 from chronic nephritis.

Eye affections: 25.

Consumptives: 20.

Which make up the total of 149 cases.

Among the officers under treatment we may mention: 1 wounded right knee, 1 scalp wound, 1 compound fracture of the thigh, 1 neck wound, 1 bullet wound in the chest, 1 bullet wound in the face, all recent cases coming from El Arish.

Deaths:

Cause of Death.Number of Deaths in 1915.Number of Deaths in 1916.
Surgical cases3017
Pleurisy25
Dysentery819
Typhoid11
Pericarditis12
Pneumonia311
Pulmonary tuberculosis26
Intestinal tuberculosis21
Nephritis5
Gangrene1
Hepatitis1
Pernicious anaemia1
Total45110

The dead were buried in the Musulman cemetery with military honours, such comrades as were well enough attending the ceremony.