MR. A.C.MORTON (Peterborough)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Army Medical Department Report for 1892 has only been issued this month; and, if so, whether 1419 he will take steps to secure that these Reports shall, in the interest of the health and comfort of our soldiers and sailors, be issued at a much earlier date?
§ * MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe amount of statistical work that is necessary for the compilation of this Report, and the fact that many of the Returns have to come from India and other stations abroad, account, in great measure, for the delay in publishing it, but every effort is made to secure such rapidity as is consistent with accuracy. The principal medical officer in India has been requested to expedite the despatch of the Returns from that country. Practically, the delay that takes place in publishing this Report in no way affects the health and comfort of our soldiers; as any point that may arise is dealt with at once, without waiting for the publication of the Report.