§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will grant a Return showing, as far as is known, the original sources of the various stocks of lymph which have been, or are being, employed by the National Vaccine Establishment, indicating those strains which are no longer in current use.
§ now in the workhouses and workhouse infirmaries of the Metropolis and the provinces, respectively, differentiating between those under and those above the age of three years.
§ (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) On January 1st, 1906, the latest date for which information is available, the numbers of pauper children relieved in workhouses and workhouse infirmaries in England and Wales were as follows:—
§ (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) As I have stated in reply to previous Questions, the usual method of renewing lymph, supplied from the National Vaccine Establishment, is by vaccinating calves with vaccine lymph obtained from children, but in some instances the lymph has been obtained from abroad, and in such cases it would usually not be practicable to give its original sources. In these circumstances I do not think that a Parliamentary Return of any value could be given. I may, however, state that in no case is lymph used at the establishment unless it has been passed through a series of calves.