§ Mr. Grovesasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that orders have been issued by his Department for 40 tuberculosis military cases in the Addington Hospital, Natal, and 120 similar cases at Oribi, to be returned to this country; and whether he will state the arrangements made for the reception, distribution and maintenance of these cases when they arrive in this country?
§ Captain MargessonNo special instructions have been issued by the War Office regarding the cases in question, and I presume that my hon. Friend is referring to general instructions regarding the return to this country from South Africa of soldiers suffering from tuberculosis. On arrival in this country soldiers suffering from tuberculosis are sent to a military hospital where they receive treatment as necessary until they are handed over to the care of the local health authority.