HC Deb 20 February 1890 vol 341 c751
MR. KNATCHBULL HUGESSEN (Rochester)

At the request of the First Lord of the Admiralty I beg to postpone until Monday a question, whether his attention has been called to a statement which recently appeared in a naval and military journal, to the effect That a sailor was lately taken from one of the ships at Sheerness suffering from influenza; that the next day he was sent in a tug to Chatham Hospital, a two hours' journey; that on the following day he died; and, if this be true, whether lie will take steps to insure that in the future such cases shall be treated in the locality where they occur?