§ VISCOUNT FOLKESTONEOn behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Wilton (Mr. Sidney Herbert), I wish to ask the Secretary of State for War a Question of which he has already given him private Notice, Whether there is with our troops in Egypt a sufficiently largo staff 1873 of medical officers and sufficient supply of medicines to cope with a possible serious outbreak of cholera among them; and, if not, whether the War Office will send out an adequate medical staff together with the requisite medicines to meet that possible contingency?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONSir, there is a sufficient staff of medical officers in Egypt to meet all probable requirements; and a reserve of medical officers is in readiness to proceed there if necessary. The supply of medicines in Egypt is ample, and addition will be made to the supplies now in course of shipment of any articles which may seem likely to be useful in the event of an outbreak of cholera among the troops. Instructions have been sent to the General Officer to take every possible precaution to avert an outbreak of cholera among the troops, calling attention specially to the Indian Regulations on the subject; and a reply has been received that these instructions had been already anticipated, and that there was no immediate apprehension regarding the troops.