HC Deb 25 July 1889 vol 338 cc1255-6
MR. J. E. ELLIS

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, inasmuch as the subject of notification of infectious diseases is embraced in the inquiry referred to the Commission on Vaccination, he proposes to press forward the Bill for the Notification of Infectious Diseases now before the House?

* MR. RITCHIE

I cannot concur in the suggestion that the fact that one of the questions referred to the Royal Commission on Vaccination is— What means other than Vaccination can be used for diminishing the prevalence of small-pox, has any practical bearing on the question of the notification of infectious diseases, and it is my intention to press forward the Bill on that subject now before the House.