§ 67. Mr. ROWLANDSasked the Home Secretary whether there has been a large increase of jaundice amongst the persons working with poisonous dope; if he will say what progress has been made with the experiments to produce non-poisonous dope; and is there a probability of it being supplied to the various works at an early date?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Brace)I am pleased to be able to say that not only has there been a considerable decrease recently in the number of cases of jaundice due to dope, but that satisfactory dopes which are free from tetrachlorethane are now available in sufficient quantity, and that the War Office and Admiralty have directed their contractors to use only the approved dopes of this kind. It may be taken, therefore, that the danger from tetrachlorethane poisoning in this class of work has now been removed.
§ Mr. ROWLANDSI take it that that dope is now being circulated to the manufacturers?