§ MR. LAURENCE HARDY (Kent, Ashford)To ask the Secretary for War
† See preceding Volume, page 424.370
§ whether he is aware that the garrison of St. Helena is suffering from an epidemic of enteric fever which has been caused by a failure of the water supply and by deficiency in the supply of milk and other necessaries; whether he can give statistics as to the cases of enteric fever amongst the British troops in the island; and whether he will take immediate steps to secure that a good water supply, and milk and other necessaries shall be provided.
§ (Answer.) There were ninty-eight cases of enteric fever among the garrison at St. Helena on the 9th May. No report has reached me of the failure of the water supply or deficiency in the milk supply or other necessaries. Supplies of tinned milk and medical comforts have always been available there, and every possible precaution is being taken.—(War Office.)