§ MR. LUPTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the amount paid out of rates and taxes in Ireland for vaccination in the years 1905, 1906, and 1907.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe expenditure of local authorities in Ireland under the Vaccination Acts in 1905 was £18,091; in 1906, £12,027; and in 1907, £10,404.
§ MR. LUPTONI beg to ask the chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what proportion of the children born in Ireland are vaccinated; and if he has any official Reports showing whether one of the effects of infant vaccination is to produce such a weakening of the system as facilitates the inroads of tuberculosis.
§ MR. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to the annual Report of the Registrar-General for Ireland for the year 1907 (Cd. 4233), which gives the latest information regarding vaccination, of children in Ireland. There are no official 998 Reports of the nature referred to in the last part of the Question.
§ MR. LUPTONWill the right hon. Gentleman inquire if the process has not a weakening effect on children, thereby producing tuberculosis?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order.