HC Deb 07 December 1970 vol 808 c41W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, of the 30 chairs in medical schools in Great Britain for microbiological subjects how many are chairs of clinical bacteriology; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The subjects of the 30 chairs in medical schools are variously named—e.g., "microbiology", "medical microbiology", "bateriology", "virology"—but none is named " clinical bacteriology ". All the university departmental staff concerned are engaged in the study of bacterial disease in patients, cooperating with the doctors in whose care the patients are placed.