HC Deb 17 July 1907 vol 178 c691
MR. LEVERTON HARRIS

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the increase in cases entering hospitals suffering from trachoma; and what steps are being taken to prevent the spread of this contagious disease.

*MR. GLADSTONE

Trachoma comes within my jurisdiction only so far as the operation of the Aliens Act is concerned, It is a disease on account of which alien passengers who are subject to the provisions of that Act may be excluded from this country; and since that Act came into force numerous cases have been excluded.