§ Mr. Viantasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Asiatic seaman was suffering from any illness when he was taken to the smallpox compound at Robroyston; and whether, when he was discharged from Knightswood Hospital on 23rd March, he had recovered from the chickenpox for which he had been quarantined.
Mr. McNeilWhen this seaman was discharged from Knightswood Hospital he was regarded as having recovered from his supposed chickenpox. When smallpox was diagnosed retrospectively after it had occurred in persons with whom he had been in contact, he was admitted to Robroyston Hospital for final investigation to make certain that infectivity had ceased.
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§ Mr. Viantasked the Secretary of State for Scotland on what date the doctor who entered Haermyres Hospital on 27th March, suffering from an abdominal complaint, was vaccinated as a smallpox contact.