§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether any official statistics exist in regard to anti-typhoid inoculation of British troops serving in India or in South Africa; if so, will he lay them upon the Table; whether any order has been issued by the Commander-in-Chief in India in reference to anti-typhoid inoculation; and, if so, will he state its terms.
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(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) A large number of Returns relating to anti-typhoid inoculation have recently been received both from India and South Africa, and the work of compiling this information in statistical form is at
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present in progress, but some considerable time must necessarily elapse before the work is completed. Anti-typhoid inoculations are being largely carried out in India under the general direction of the Commander-in Chief, but the War Office is not aware of the terms of the specific orders issued by him.