§ MR. LUPTON (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if there has been a large and continually increasing number of deaths from cancer in Ireland since calf-lymph was used for vaccination.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Nothing, as far as the Local Government Board are aware, has been advanced to show that there is any connection between calf-lymph vaccination and cancer. Calf-lymph has only been in general use in Ireland since 1900, and the cancer death rate had been increasing for many years previously.