§ Mr. HAYDN JONESasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will state the results of his inquiries into the state of health of the soldiers at Lither-land, Park Hall, and Kinmel Park camps, and the adequacy of the medical staff and of the hospital accommodation of such camps?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThere has undoubtedly been an outbreak of sickness at these camps, but I would remind my hon. Friend that during the recent abnormally severe weather no section of the population has escaped. At Kinmel Park a medical inspection shows that the prevalent illness was influenza in character. Huts are reported clean, well-ventilated and dry, and there is no overcrowding. There is hospital accommodation for 600 patients, and extra beds have been equipped in huts. There have been thirteen deaths. At Litherland the state of the camp is reported as satisfactory; the latrines and wash-houses are clean and in good order. During February and the first half of March the average admissions to hospital have been 5.5 per day. There have been776W seven deaths. At Park Hall the illness has also been a form of influenzal pneumonia, which decreased at once on the advent of warmer weather. Special instructions were issued to disinfect huts where there had been cases of disease, and further precautions were taken to ensure, as far as possible, the health of the troops. I shall be glad to furnish my hon. Friend with fuller particulars