§ Captain D. HALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if his attention has been drawn to the outbreak of cerebral meningitis at the jam factory, Coley, near Reading, at present occupied by the School of Technical Training, Royal Flying Corps; if several men there have died of this complaint; if the other men: were allowed to be in contact with pos- 741W sible infection without the slightest precaution being taken; if he is aware that at the coroner's inquest held on 23rd February on one of the victims it was ascertained that the man who died was ill twenty-four hours before a doctor was summoned, and that the jury and two doctors agreed that medical aid ought to have been obtained sooner; if his attention has been drawn to the character of the answers given by the military authorities to questions asked them by the jury; if his attention has been drawn to the verdict of the coroner's jury at the inquiry held and to the remarks they added; if any inquiry has been instituted by the War Office; and, if so, what conclusion they have arrived at and what action it is proposed to take?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONInquiries are being made, and my hon. and gallant Friend will be informed of the result.