§ MR. LUPTONI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that the boy who died at Croydon on the 29th April last, and 774 whoso case was investigated by Dr. Cope-man, of the Local Government Board, only broke out into sores about a week or ten days after vaccination, and that it was in order to cure these sores that the public vaccinator prescribed bromide treatment; and, if this is so, will he refer the question of the safety or otherwise of calf lymph to a Committee of the House or a Royal Commission.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI do not understand that the facts are as my hon. friend supposes. I am informed that the child was unsuccessfully vaccinated on 4th January and successfully on the 11th of that month. The sores seem to have first appeared on the 24th January, whilst the bromide was first administered on the 7th January. It will be seen, therefore, that the administration of the bromide commenced before the sores made their appearance. I do not understand that it was proscribed in order to cure the sores. It seems to have been suggested as a remedy for fits from which the child suffered.
§ MR. LUPTONasked the right hon. Gentleman to make further inquiry as to whether the public vaccinator did not advise the use of bromide to cure the sores.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI have made inquiries and my information is as I have stated in the Answer.