HC Deb 28 October 1947 vol 443 cc40-1W
Mr. Assheton

asked the Secretary of State for War whether British troops in the canal zone have been given anti-cholera injections.

Mr. Hastings

asked the Secretary of State for War what precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of cholera to His Majesty's Forces stationed in Egypt.

Mr. Shinwell

Stringent preventive measures are being taken to ensure that food and drink are free from contamination. Native villages and restaurants have been placed out of bounds, and anti-fly measures have been intensified. Attention has been drawn to the necessity for a high standard of personal hygiene. Wholesale anti-cholera inoculation has not yet been found necessary, but all men at special risk and those likey to come in contact with infected material or to pass through infected areas are inoculated. The question of inoculating all troops in Egypt is kept constantly under review and should the situation deteriorate this additional measure will be adopted at once. In the meantime inoculation is not refused to any who desire it, whether or not they are at special risk.