§ Sir JOHN ROLLESTONasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he will issue a notice to all public vaccinators, pointing out that under the orders of the Local Government Board re-vaccination must be applied for by the persons who are desirous of undergoing the operation, and can only be paid for out of the rates when at least ten years have elapsed since the previous vaccination at the public expense?
§ Mr. BURNSI have considered the suggestion that a special notice should be2028W issued to public vaccinators, but it does not seem to me that this is required.
§ Mr. ASTORasked the President of the Local Government Board, if he will say, in connection with the cases of small-pox so far returned in London, in how many had the patients been vaccinated, in how many revaccinated during the past ten years, and in how many were they unvaccinated; and what have been the respective number of deaths in the above three classes of cases?
§ Mr. BURNSThe information asked for is given below:—
Return of Cases of Small-pox compiled from M.A.B. Sheets up to Sunday Evening, 12th March, and of Deaths from Small-pox up to 11th March.
Ages. 0–10. 10–20. 20–35. 35 and over. Total cases. Deaths among those cases Vaccinated. 4 9 13 15* 41 2 Unvaccinated. 8 3 2 — 13 6 12 12 15 15 54 8 * One patient in the vaccinated group, aged 37, is stated to have been revaccinated at the age of 10 years. This case has not died. No other vaccinated patient had been vaccinated or revaccinated since infancy, except after having contracted small-pox.