§ MR. LUPTON (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)To ask the Postmaster-General what was the number of cases of small, pox and the number of deaths, if any, from small-pox among the employees of the Post Office in each of the ten years ending with 1907.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton. The following statement gives the number of cases in each year:—
1898 no cases. 1899 one case. 1900 no cases. 1901 three cases. These three were years of epedemic. 1902 sixteen cases. 1903 six cases. 1904 four cases. 1905 two cases. 1906 no cases. 1907 no cases.
§ There were three deaths in 1902, and none in any of the other years. The approximate number of persons to whom this Return applies was 82,000 in 1898, rising to 132,000 in 1907.