SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state how many men of the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment were on the sick list when the regiment reached Bloemfontein in May, 1900; how many men of the regiment suffered from enteric fever during the stay of the regiment at Bloemfontein, and the number of deaths; how many of the men were left sick of enteric fever when the regiment left Bloemfontein; and how many died of enteric fever in the two months after the regiment had left.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Lord STANLEY,) Lancashire, WesthoughtonThe regi- 79 ment reached Bloemfontein in the week ending the 6th April, 1900, and had nineteen admissions to hospital from all causes during the march thither from Norvals Pont, of these twelve were discharged to duty soon after arrival. During their stay at Bloemfontein up to the 25th May there were fourteen deaths from enteric fever, and from the 25th May to the 27th July there were fifteen deaths from enteric fever. No further statistics are available.