§ COLONEL DAWNAY (York, N.R., Thirsk)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the fact that New York is threatened with an epidemic of typhus fever owing to the influx of Russian immigrants; and what precautions he has taken or intends to take to prevent similar outbreaks from the same cause in our British ports?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE,) Tower Hamlets, St. George'sThe Local Government Board have no information as to a threatened epidemic of typhus fever at New York owing to the influx of Russian immigrants. It devolves on the Sanitary Authorities of the ports in England at which immigrants would be likely to land to take the precautions necessary for preventing any such outbreaks in those ports. The duties would extend to the isolation of the patients and disinfection.