SIR WALTER FOSTERI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any special sanitary officers have been appointed to inquire into the origin and spread of enteric fever and other preventable diseases among the troops in South Africa, to inspect the localities in which such diseases are most prevalent, and to advise with regard to their prevention.
§ MR. BRODRICKYes, Sir; special sanitary officers have been sent out.