HC Deb 14 February 1902 vol 103 c34
SIR WALTER FOSTER

; I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the number of cases of typhoid, fever and the number of deaths from that disease which have occurred among the troops serving in South Africa since May, 1901, giving, if possible, the numbers of cases and deaths for each month.

LORD STANLEY

The figures arefollows:—

Admissions. Deaths.
June 885 170
July 324 68
August 328 73
September 257 47
October 451 43
November 1091 160
making a total for 26 weeks of 3.336 admissions and 561 deaths. No further Returns have reached the War Office.