77. Sir F. HALLasked the President of the Local Government Board if there is any institution in this country which is able to provide similar remedial treatment to that afforded by the Pasteur Institute in Paris; if not, whether it is necessary, in consequence, to send a large proportion of the persons suspected of suffering from rabies to Paris to be dealt with; if the delay this causes, apart from the expenditure involved, increases the danger to the patients, and if the Government will take steps to provide similar facilities for the treatment of this disease in this country?
§ Major ASTORAnti-rabic treatment, similar to that given at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, has been given at Plymouth since October last, under arrangements made by the Local Government Board. Similar arrangements were made 1770 last month for treatment to be given in London, and these have been notified to all local authorities and their medical officers of health. It has not been necessary to send any case for treatment to Paris for the last six months.