§ MR. P. A. TAYLORasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether it is the fact that the High Court of Madras has lately decided a Case on Appeal, to the effect that compulsory vaccination is illegal, the judges declaring that it is quite optional to a parent whether his children shall be vaccinated, and that it is not unlawful to dissuade others from suffering their children to undergo the operation?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSSir, my hon. Friend has furnished me with a copy of The Western Star of Cochin, from which 1159 I gather that the facts are correctly stated in his Question. Vaccination is not compulsory in the Madras Presidency.