§ MR. R. G. WEBSTER (St. Pancras, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the small-pox epidemic is increasing at Hull; and if there are also more cases of that disease notified at Grimsby.
§ * THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, E.There has lately been an increase of small-pox in Hull. Between the 2nd March and the 15th June there were sixty-one attacks, and since the 15th June twenty-two more cases have been notified. All the known cases at present existing are in the isolation hospital. A person suffering from small-pox landed at Grimsby on the 21st instant from a ship which had left Hull on the 19th. The patient was at once removed to the hospital, and no other case has since been reported
§ MR. R. G. WEBSTERHad the persons attacked been vaccinated?
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI must ask for notice of that question.