§ Mr. STAVELEY-HILLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had received any communication from Madeira on the subject of the recent outbreak of typhoid fever at the principal hotel at Funchal; and whether he was in a position to say that the authorities at Lisbon had converted the mountain water in their possession for the amelioration of the distress caused amongst British visitors to Madeira by the neglect of the municipality to provide proper drinking water?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey)According to information which I have received from Madeira, the cases of typhoid have been practically confined to one hotel, there being only four or five other cases in the rest of Funchal. The question of approaching the Portuguese Government with a view to the improvement of the water supply has been brought to my notice and to that of His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, but it does not appear to be a matter in which I can properly intervene officially.