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 cases | 30 | 17 |
| Pleurisy | 2 | 5 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 19 |
| Typhoid | 1 | 1 |
| Pericarditis | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 11 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | — | 26 |
| Intestinal tuberculosis | — | 21 |
| Nephritis | — | 5 |
| Gangrene | — | 1 |
| Hepatitis | — | 1 |
| Pernicious anaemia | — | 1 |
| Total | 45 | 110 |
The dead were buried in the Musulman cemetery with military honours, such comrades as were well enough attending the ceremony.