HC Deb 14 April 1902 vol 106 cc132-3
CAPTARIN NORTON

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state whether the report on the results of anti-typhoid inoculation has been received; and, if so, will he say whether it shows a diminution in mortality in the inoculated attacked by the disease as compared with the uninoculated; whether it shows a diminished evidence of the disease in inoculated; and whether the full report will now be laid upon the Table.

LORD STANLEY

The report has been received. It deals with only 4,138 cases and the aggregate results show a mortality of 8.2 per cent. in inoculated persons as against 15.1 per cent. in uninoculated. The report, however, does not appear sufficiently conclusive in itself, and it seems expedient to obtain further statistics from the Admission and Discharge Books before publishing it.

CAPTAIN NORTON

The noble Lord has not answered the last paragraph of the Question.

LORD STANLEY

No, Sir, it will not be laid.