§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the advisability of making representations to the League of Nations health committee in regard to the way in which statistics of small-pox cases are set forth in their periodical reports, in view of the fact that no discrimination is made in the reports between the mild and almost nonfatal variety of small-pox, known as alastrim, which has been recently prevalent in England, and the severe or classical type which is prevalent for the most part elsewhere?
Sir H. YOUNGDistinctions between the two varieties of small-pox appear in the latest of these reports which deal with epidemics of this disease. The reports are issued solely on the responsi- 1993W bility of the Health Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations. It is specifically stated in each report that the responsibility of the Health Committee of the League is not involved.