§ 2. Mr. Leachasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the nature of the instructions or requests sent to the Bombay Government in regard to the vaccination of passengers by steamer from the port of Bombay to English ports?
§ The Under-Secretary of State for India (Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead)The rules promulgated by the Bombay Government in June, 1936, of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy, were made on the responsibility of the authorities in India and were a result of their efforts to meet the reasonable wishes and requirements of others countries to prevent the spread of that disease from India.
§ Mr. LeachWould the hon. and gallant Gentleman put it to these authorities that there is no longer any real need for these regulations, because vaccination is now more dangerous than smallpox?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadI think the regulations are brought in for the convenience of persons leaving India who might be going to countries which have an import regulation against it. It is, therefore, convenient to have these regulations, and it is thought best to make them of general application.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadThe regulations regarding persons going into other countries is not a question for us but a question for those countries.