§ MR. E. H. HULSE (Salisbury)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, if he is aware that four deaths have recently occurred in the Cavalry Barracks, Dublin, from typhoid fever; and whether any official directions have been given for the sanitary improvement of the quarters in which those outbreaks are constantly recurring?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Guildford, SurreyI regret to say that several cases of enteric fever, of which three have proved fatal, have occurred among the cavalry stationed at Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin. Immediately this outbreak of disease was known at the War Office steps were taken to ascertain the cause. Careful investigation was made locally, and Sir Charles Cameron made a searching inquiry. A sanitary expert was sent over from London. All improvements represented by the experts to be immediately desirable were at once ordered to be carried out, and the Secretary of State is considering whether, in view of the facts disclosed, it may not be expedient to find some other site for the barracks rather than spend a large sum in improving their condition.