§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has issued instructions to district health 682W authorities as to the amount of information to be given to the public when a case of the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome occurs within the district.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe have not felt it necessary to issue such instructions.
§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he issued instructions to the district health authorities as to the tracing of contacts of persons known to be suffering from the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo instructions have been issued. Medical officers for environmental health have responsibility for local measures to prevent and control the spread of infectious disease. Facilities for identifying sources of infection exist, but local arrangements vary. Recipients of blood of blood products which may have been donated by an individual who subsequently developed AIDS are traced by the blood transfusion service.