§ Mr. C. E. PRICETo ask the Secretary of State for War what are the dates upon which the first report was made as to the sanitary condition of Piershill Barracks, and the report of the medical officer of health and the chief sanitary inspector for the city of Edinburgh; whether, subsequent to the latter report, another inquiry was made by the War Office; and, if so, has such inquiry been concluded, a report issued, and when.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The first report on the sanitary condition of Piershill Barracks was made by the sanitary engineer of the War Office and the sanitary expert of the Army Medical Advisory Board in April, 1906. A second report was made by the Director-General, Army Medical Service, in May, 1906. A conjoint inspection was made by the sanitary engineer of the War Office and the sanitary expert of the Army Medical Advisory Board on the one hand, and the medical officer of health for the borough of Edinburgh and the chief sanitary inspector, Dr. Williamson, on the other, in December, 1906, and a third report submitted by the two first-named officials. The report of the Director-General, Army Medical Service, and the report dated December, 1906, by the sanitary engineer of the War Office and the sanitary expert of the Army Medical Advisory Board, were laid before Parliament in 1906 [Cd. 2996]. There has been no subsequent inquiry later than that mentioned, viz., December, 1906.