§ MR. JEFFREYS (Hants, N.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether any, and, if so, what sale of milk now takes place from the Camp Sewage Farm at Aldershot; whether a committee of independent medical men has inspected the farm and the dairy; and whether their Report will be communicated to the House.
MR. POWELL WILLIAMSMilk from the Camp Farm Dairy is supplied, if desired, to the canteens at Aldershot, and also to officers and married noncommissioned officers and men. The farm was inspected on Thursday last by Dr. Andrewes, who is sanitary officer and pathologist to the medical school of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and who was selected for the duty at the recommendation of the medical officer of the Local Government Board. His Report has not yet been received, but it is understood that he has formed a very favourable opinion of the sanitary state of the dairy and farm. The Report will be laid upon the Table without unnecessary delay.
§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)Can the right honourable Gentleman say whether Dr. Andrewes drank any of the milk himself?
MR. POWELL WILLIAMSI am not informed as to that, but I may say that Andrewes purchased some of the butter for consumption in his own family.