§ GENERAL RUSSELL (Cheltenham)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he can state the result of the investigation, which on 5th May 1898 he stated were then proceeding relative to the causes of the great increase of enteric 280 fever among Europeans living in India; whether he can state the number of cases that occurred in the years 1897 and 1898, and how many ended fatally; or if he has any objection to a return being made furnishing these particulars; and whether it is true that inoculation has been widely introduced as a preventive against the disease?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIAI am unable at present to add anything material to the information which I gave my honourable and gallant Friend on the 5th May last, on the subject of enteric fever in India. The matter continues to engage the attention of the Military and Medical authorities. Inoculation has not, however, been adopted as a preventive. The number of cases of and deaths from enteric fever among the troops in India for 1897 will be shown in the Report of the Army Medical Department for that year, which may be expected shortly; the figures for 1898 will not be available for some time to come.