§ MR. MURDOCH (Reading)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether his attention has been directed to the number of serious and fatal cases of enteric fever which have recently taken place in the garrison of Gibraltar; and, whether he will order an inquiry to be made into the cause of the prevalence of enteric fever?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)Yes, Sir. I regret to state that enteric fever has been prevalent this year at Gibraltar, though the admissions to hospital, while considerably in excess of last year, have only just exceeded, and the deaths have been less, than the average of the three preceding years. Steps are being taken to ascertain the cause; but the difficulty of the case is increased by the presence of a crowded civil population under somewhat unfavourable sanitary conditions.