§ Mr. CRAWSHAY-WILLIAMSasked whether any cases of small-pox have occurred in England amongst children since the passing of The Vaccination Act, 1907; and, if so, whether any of those patients had been exempted from vaccination under the Conscience Clause of that Act?
§ Mr. BURNSCases of small-pox have occurred amongst children since the passing of the Vaccination Act. Their number cannot be given, but in the two years 1908 and 1909, the number of deaths from smallpox of children under fifteen recorded by the Registrar-General was six. Four of these cases are stated to have been un-vaccinated; in the other two cases, it is doubtful whether they had been vaccinated or not. I have no information as regards these six deaths, whether certificates of exemption from vaccination had been obtained.