§ Mr. BLACKasked the Secretary for Scotland why no information is given in the Annual Report of the Local Government Board (Scotland) for 1911 concerning the vaccinal condition of the twenty-nine small-pox patients certified last year; and whether he will issue instructions that in future all references to small-pox cases in these official Reports shall be accompanied by such information as may be available in regard to the vaccinal condition of the sufferers?
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Mr. McKINNON WOODIt has not been the practice of the Local Government Board to publish such information in their Annual Report, but it will be given in future Reports.
§ Mr. WILKIEasked the Secretary for Scotland the number of cases of small-pox which have been certified at Kirkcaldy during the present year; what were the ages and the condition as to vaccination of each patient; what has been the number of deaths that have resulted; and what were the ages and condition as to vaccination of the fatal cases?
Mr. McKINNON WOODTwenty cases of small-pox have been notified at Kirkcaldy during the present year up to 23rd October. The ages and condition of vaccination of each patient are in order, in which cases reported as follows:—Fourteen years male, vaccinated; eleven years female, vaccinated; forty-seven years male, doubtful; twenty-three years female, vaccinated; seven days, vaccinated two days after birth, but infected a week before birth; thirty-eight years male, vaccinated; twenty-seven years male, vaccinated; forty-seven years male, unvaccinated; thirty years male, vaccinated; fifty-one years female, unvaccinated; eleven years female, vaccinated; fifty-seven years female, vaccinated; forty-six years male, doubtful; sixteen years male, vaccinated; twenty-one years male, vaccinated; forty-five years male, vaccinated; forty-nine years female, vaccinated; fifty-two years female, vaccinated; seventeen years male, unvaccinated; thirty-three years female, vaccinated. In addition to above, five other cases were discovered which, owing to the disease being so mild, were not recognised as small-pox until undoubted cases of small-pox arose in the same family. The ages and condition of vaccination of those five cases are as follows:—Fifteen years male, vaccinated; forty-seven years female, vaccinated; eighteen years female, vaccinated; twelve years male, vaccinated; twenty years female, vaccinated. Besides those three cases were notified as small-pox, but are now not regarded as having had the disease. Seven deaths have resulted till morning of 24th October. The ages and condition as to266W vaccination of the fatal cases were as follows: Forty-seven years male, doubtful; twenty-three years female, vaccinated; seven days, infected before birth; thirty-eight years male, vaccinated; forty-seven years male, unvaccinated; forty-six years male, doubtful; thirty-three years | female, vaccinated. The two female; deaths were of women in child-birth.