§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFI wish to put another Question to the noble Lord the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government have offered or given any assistance to the Government of Egypt with a view to suppress the cholera; and, if so, what steps have been taken?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEIf the House desires information as to the measures taken for the suppression of the cholera in Egypt, it would be better that I should give a short statement on that subject on Monday.
§ SIR WALTER B. BARTTELOTasked whether, when he came to answer the Question on Monday, the noble Lord would be good enough to say whether there had been any increase in the number of deaths from cholera at Da-mietta and Mansourah; and, whether there had been any cases in the Egyptian Army or among English soldiers in Egypt?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEThe last figures I have received of the number of deaths are in a telegram from Mr. Cookson, at Alexandria—namely, the number of deaths from cholera on July 5—at Damietta, 109; Mansourah, 68; Samanoud, 10; Cherbin, 4; and Alexandria, 1; about which there was some doubt. As to the other part of the Question, we have not heard of any deaths from cholera in either the Egyptian or English Army.