§ 49. Mr. GROVESasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis or other form of cerebro-spinal disease have been reported in the Navy since 1st January last; how many of them have been fatal; and how many of them had been subjected to vaccination, re-vaccination, or inoculation during the six months prior to the attack?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Lord Stanley)10 cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis have been reported since 1st January last and four of them have proved fatal. According to available records, three of the total number had been subjected to vaccination, none to re-vaccination and one to inoculation within six months of the attack. The information concerning vaccination, 24 &c, is not obtainable in two of the cases. All were cases of epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis ("spotted fever"), and none of them was of the post-vaccinal type.