§ MR. PERCY THORNTON (Clapham)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, the promised inquiry into the different natures of ordinary cold and the malarial epidemic termed influenza, which has visited England each winter since 1889, and occasionally appeared in the summer also, will include all available data concerning the sequelæ or after effects of the complaint in its later phases?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Sir WALTER FOSTER,) Derby, IlkestonThe object of the inquiry referred to has been to ascertain whether any relation exists between the ordinary cold and epidemic influenza, and it has been found that the acute stages of the two diseases alone afforded opportunity for the necessary bacteriological examination. It is not considered that further study of the sequelæ, or after-effects of the disease is necessary or would be helpful to that end.
§ MR. THORNTONMay I ask whether medical men will be encouraged to give their experience to the Local Government Board?
§ SIR WALTER FOSTERMedical men require no encouragement to publish for the benefit of the public the results of their studies as to the means of preventing the spread of the disease.