§ 52. Mr. FREEMANasked the Minister of Health whether he can make any further statement as to his intentions of amending the compulsory powers of the Vaccination Acts, in view of the fact that more children die from effects connected with vaccination than from smallpox?
§ Mr. GREENWOODI regret that at present I cannot add anything to the
§ Mr. GREENWOODYes, and experiments are being carried out in co-operation with the Ministry of Agriculture here.
§ 51. Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLEasked the Minister of Health the number of new cases of and the number of deaths from pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis notified in 1915, 1920, 1925, and 1929, respectively, and the estimated percentage of such cases attributable to infection of bovine origin?
§ Mr. GREENWOODAs the answer includes a number of figures, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLECan the right hon. Gentleman state whether it does, or does not, show an important body of evidence requiring urgent action.
§ Mr. GREENWOODNo. Both the number of new cases and the number of deaths show a pretty substantial decline in recent years, but there is no information which is classified, other than tuberculosis.
§ Following is the answer:
§ answer given to my hon. Friend on this subject on the 27th November.
§ Mr. FREEMANCan my right hon. Friend say when he will be able to give the information on this matter?
§ Mr. GREENWOODI am afraid that I cannot mention any date, but I will do my best to give an early answer.
§ Sir K. WOODCan the right hon. Gentleman make any statement as re- 353 gards the assumption in the second part of the question? Is he prepared to make any answer in regard to that?