EGYPT (MILITARY EXPEDITION)— HEALTH OF THE TROOPS.

HC Deb 17 April 1885 vol 297 c20

MR. JOSEPH COWEN

asked the Financial Secretary for the War Department, What are the last reports as to the health of the troops in the Soudan?

SIR ARTHUR HAYTER

The troops on the Nile are so scattered that it is difficult to make up from the Returns any percentage of sick on a given date, but it may be said generally that the health is good. At Suakin the latest report states there is a little over 4 per cent. of sick.

MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR

Can the hon. Gentleman say how many men have been invalided home from the Red Sea?

SIR ARTHUR HAYTER

I cannot say.