§ Mr. BARNESasked the Lord Advocate if there is any specified number of marks required by the Scottish Local Government Board for the efficient vaccination of children, and, if so, how many; if he is aware that children of poor people who are vaccinated gratuitously at the Sanitary Chambers, Glasgow, are vaccinated in twelve places, and, if so, will he take steps to put a stop to the practice and to make it more conform to the practice observed by private medical practitioners; and if he will state if vaccination operations at the Sanitary Chambers, Glasgow, are performed exclusively by duly qualified medical practitioners, and, if not, by whom?
§ The LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. Ure)I am informed that the Scottish Local Government Board do not specify the number of marks required for the efficient vaccination of children. They are aware that children are vaccinated gratuitously at the Sanitary Chambers in Glasgow and that all primary infantile vaccinations are performed there by duly qualified medical practitioners. The Board are further informed that it is the case that twelve separate punctures are made in primary vaccination of infants, such punctures being very close together. A general description of the method of vaccination in the Sanitary Chambers, Glasgow, will be found at page 19 of Appendix VIII. of Final Report of Royal Commission on Vaccination, 1897 (C. 8614).