Mr. CHANCELLORasked the Home Secretary whether he has received a communication from the Royal College of Physicians recommending that manufacturers and vendors of patent medicines should be compelled to print on the labels of the bottles or other vessels the exact composition of such medicines and the amount of each constituent; and whether, if he gives effect to this recommendation, he will take steps to make the rule applicable to the various vaccines and sera imported from abroad and those manufactured in this country?
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§ Mr. CHURCHILLI have been in correspondence with the Royal College of Physicians on this subject. I have no authority to take the step suggested, but I think that the question of the conditions of the sale of patent medicines might usefully be considered by a Select Committee next Session. I cannot at present express any opinion as to whether the inquiry should be extended to vaccines and sera.