§ 79. Mr. PETOasked the President of the Local Government Board whether the statement made at the public meetings recently held in the Kingston Union by a representative of the Anti-Vaccination League that small-pox virus had been taken from small-pox patients at Glasgow, Middlesbrough, and West Ham hospitals, and, at the latter place, it had also been taken from dead bodies in the postmortem room, has been brought to his notice and is correct; and, if so, for what purpose this small-pox virus was used; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BURNSThe experiments referred' to were made some years ago and were described in a Paper which was read before the Royal Society in November, 1902. It was stated in the Paper that all the glycerinated emulsion produced had been destroyed. I propose to take no action in the matter.