§ Mr. LYNCHasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he can state the proportion of successful inoculations in the case of revaccination of soldiers as compared with that of primary cases in 1633W the same class according to the latest statistics available; whether he can state the number per 1,000 of successful inoculations of revaccinated children according to the latest statistics of his Department; and whether any medical comment in the circumstances is available?
§ Colonel SEELYThe figures of successful results for the year 1910 for the forces at home and abroad were as follows:—
Soldiers. Children. Revaccination … 87.4 … … 73.4 Primary vaccination … 90.2 … … 86.6 These figures show an improvement of 12 per cent. in revaccination over the previous year in the case of soldiers, and of 1 per cent. in the case of children.