115. Mr. CHANCELLORasked whether Professor Dreyer's agglutination test for typhoid fever and other diseases has been officially adopted by the Medical Department of the War Office and used in 1635 military hospitals; and whether the statistics published regarding the number of cases of typhoid fever among the troops are based on the results of that test?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONProfessor Dreyer's agglutination test is officially recognised for those bacteriologists who wish to use it. The statistics published are based on the reports of bacteriologists, who may or may not use this test.