HC Deb 16 July 1906 vol 160 cc1342-3
MR. J. M. ROBERTSON

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, with a view to the production of more accurate statistics of vaccination prophyaxy, he will give directions for the examination of the vaccination registers in all cases of small pox to ascertain whether the patients have or have not been vaccinated.

MR. JOHN BURNS

A somewhat similar Question was put to me by my hon. friend the Member for the Sleaford division on June 10th.† For the reasons I then gave I do not feel that I could give directions of the kind suggested. † See (4) Debates, clviii., 1141.

MR. LUPTON

Will the right hon. Gentleman direct that no statistics shall be published at all?

MR. J. M. ROBERTSON

Does the right hon. Gentleman realise that the present system necessarily results in the publication of inaccurate statistics?

MR. JOHN BURNS

I do not admit that.