§ Sir THOMAS ESMONDEasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what provision is made in Ireland to provide a pure supply of lymph for the purposes of the Vaccination (Ireland) Acts?
§ Mr. BIRRELLGlycerinated calf lymph is procured by the Local Government Board under contract from the National Calf Vaccine Institute, Sandymount, Dublin, for gratuitous distribution to the workhouse and dispensary medical officers in Ireland. The lymph is distributed from the Board's Vaccine Department, and, before its issue for use in public vaccinations, it is most carefully tested as to its efficiency at the Board's Vaccine Department in Dublin, and only the purest lymph is issued by that Department. Previous to its being used in the Vaccine Department it is subjected to bacteriological examination by the bacteriologist to the Board, Professor McWeeney, who superintends the methods employed in its preparation. The lymph is very favourably reported upon by the medical officers who use it.
§ Sir THOMAS ESMONDEasked the Chief Secretary if he is aware of the objection to the operation of the compulsory clauses of the Vaccination (Ireland) Acts in North county Wexford; and if he proposes to bring in legislation this Session to assimilate the law in Ireland to that in England in this matter?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe answer to the first paragraph of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second paragraph, the Government do not propose to introduce legislation on the subject.