53. Mr. CHANCELLORasked the Under-Secretary for War the number of cases of and deaths from, paratyphoid fever that have occurred since the outbreak of War, up to the latest date available, amongst officers and men serving with the British Forces in Europe; and will he state the numbers of the cases and deaths amongst men who had been inoculated against typhoid fever and the numbers of those who had not been so inoculated?
§ Mr. TENNANTIn the Expeditionary Force in France there had been up to 22nd May, 1915—and I have no later figures—297 cases of paratyphoid, with ten deaths. There are no figures available to show in how many of these cases there had been inoculation against typhoid.
§ Mr. G. GREENWOODMay I ask whether paratyphoid is not merely another name for typhoid when it manifests itself in persons who ought not to have it because they have been inoculated?
§ Mr. TENNANTNo; I am informed it is a disease wholly distinct from typhoid.
54. Mr. CHANCELLORasked the number of cases of and deaths from typhoid fever that have occurred since the outbreak of War up to the latest date available amongst officers and men serving with the British Forces in Europe; and the numbers of the inoculated and non-inoculated cases and deaths?
§ Mr. TENNANTIn the Expeditionary Force in France there had been up to 22nd May, 1915, 827 cases with 128 deaths. Of these cases 508 occurred amongst the uninoculated, and of these 106 died; of the remaining 319 cases which occurred amongst the inoculated 22 were fatal. The House will be interested to know that the ratio of attacks is fourteen times and of deaths forty-two times greater amongst the uninoculated men.
Mr. CHANCELLORAre these figures averaged over the whole period, including the period when the 60 per cent. or 70 per cent. of the men were uninoculated, or is the right hon. Gentleman merely dealing with the figures relating to the present day?
§ Mr. TENNANTI am dealing with the figures for the whole of the campaign—from the beginning of August.