§ MR. LODER (Brighton)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board a question of which I have given him private notice, and that is, whether he has received any confirmation of the reported death from cholera on board a steamer which arrived in the Tyne on Sunday?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER, Wolverhampton, E.)Yes, I have received a Report from the Tyne stating that the ship to which the hon. Member alludes arrived in the Tyne on Sunday evening and had on board the corpse of one of the crew who had died of cholera. The corpse was removed to the floating hospital, the crew were examined and their clothes were destroyed, and all that was necessary was done. 142 The remainder of the crew at the date of the last Report received were quite well. All the Regulations of the Local Government Board have been fully carried out.