§ 33. Mr. BRIANTasked the Minister of Health the number of cases of encephalitis lethargica reported during the last 12 months and the number of those in which vaccination had been carried out within two months of the appearance of the disease?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN1,394 civilian cases of encephalitis lethargica were notified in England and Wales in the 52 weeks ended the 3rd November last. I am unable to give the information asked for in the second part of the question, as medical practitioners are not required to state the vaccinal condition of persons notified as suffering from this disease. The hon. Member will find in the recent Report of the Committee on Vaccination particulars of the cases of "postvaccinal" diseases of the central nervous system which were reported to the Committee up to the 30th September, 1927.
Dr. DAVIESIs it not a fact that there are other zymotic diseases which have been followed by encephalitis lethargica in which the question of vaccination does not arise at all?