Mr. EDMUND HARVEYasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the prevalence during the past year in certain districts in Yorkshire of the disease known as anterior polyomyelitis; and whether, in view of the character of the disease and its serious after-effects, he will cause investigations to be made into the nature of the disease, with a view to discovering the best means of cure and of avoiding its spread?
§ Mr. BURNSMy attention has been drawn to the prevalence of acute polyomyelitis not only in certain districts of Yorkshire, but also in several other counties, and three of my inspectors have for a considerable time past been engaged in investigations relating to it, the results of which, along with information as to the pathology of the disease, will be published in due course.