§ Mr. WILLIAM THORNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will draw the attention of the officials of the Army Medical Department to the immunity from small-pox enjoyed by children in England and Wales who have been legally exempted from vaccination under the Vaccination Acts, 1898 and 1907, and in Scotland under the Act of 1907; and whether he will issue a new regulation to such officials instructing them to respect the conscientious objections of soldiers in barracks in respect to the vaccination of their children?
§ Colonel SEELYAs regards the first part of the question, I am not aware of any official statistics on the subject. As regards the second part of the question, the reply is in the negative.