§ * COLONEL TUFNELL (Essex, S.E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, whether he will state by whose authority huts have been erected on Thorn Hill, Aldershot, specially for the reception of smallpox cases, the site being within a stone's throw of the abattoir established for the killing of animals for the troops at that station.
§ MR. BRODRICKThis service was carried out by the General Officer, commanding 1st Army Corps, on his own initiative. The site is close to the existing isolation hospital. It is 200 yards from the present supply depot and 400 yards from the new abattoir, which is nearly finished.
§ MAJOR RASCHIs this the same genius as he who ordered sewage milk to be served out to the troops at Aldershot?
§ MR. BRODRICKNo sewage milk has ever been served out to the troops.
SIR WALTER FOSTER: (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the distance to avoid danger is more than 400 yards, and will he cause the huts to be placed in a position which will not entail danger to the men working at the depôt or the abattoir?
§ MR. BRODRICKI have no doubt medical authorities were consulted in regard to the distance. Medical authorities do sometimes disagree on these points.