§ 3 and 4. Mr. Goodhewasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) if he will give the number of cases of paracholera reported in North Borneo in the first three months of 1962, and the number of people who have died from this disease in the same period;
§ (2) if he will give the number of people in North Borneo who have been inoculated against paracholera during the first three months of 1962.
§ Mr. H. FraserThere were 39 confirmed cases and five deaths. A further 89 deaths were probably due to paracholera. Two hundred and forty-seven thousand people were inoculated.
§ Mr. GoodhewWould my hon. Friend not agree that the medical authorities in Borneo are to be congratulated on the way in which this outbreak is being contained, and can he tell the House 801 whether they will be represented at the talks which are to take place shortly on this subject in Manila at the instigation of the World Health Organisation?
§ Mr. FraserI certainly re-echo my hon. Friend's remarks about the efficiency of this system. Of course, there will, we hope, be booster doses over the next six months to make certain that as far as possible this epidemic will continue to be contained. As far as the Manila Conference is concerned, I will certainly bear it in mind and will write to my on. Friend.