§ CAPTAIN GRICE-HUTCHINSON (Aston Manor)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the frequent cases of illness, some of which have ended fatally, that have occurred lately amongst officers and men of Her Majesty's Navy stationed at Malta; and whether these are caused by the sewage of the town being discharged into Valetta Harbour; and, if so, what steps the Government intend to take to remedy the evil?
§ MR. S. BUXTONI understand that there has been no unusual outbreak of illness recently amongst the naval officers and men stationed at Malta, and upon this point I would refer to the reply given by the Secretary of State for War to the hon. Member for Central Hull on the 10th instant. There have been some lamentable deaths, but they were not apparently traceable to the sanitary state of the harbour. This has been much improved of late years; and at the present moment the question of how best still further to improve its sanitary condition is receiving the active consideration of the Government of Malta.