§ Mr. HODGEasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that the first case with which the recent outbreak of small-pox was started at Oldham, on the 25th February, 1915, was that of a vaccinated man; that the whole of the attacks were equally mild, the vaccinated and unvaccinated patients 1481W all suffering from the discrete type of the disease; that none of the cases terminated fatally, but that the patients were discharged from hospital after comparatively short periods of detention; whether the cause of the outbreak has been traced; and, if the source of the trouble was some insanitary condition, of water supply, drainage, or otherwise, whether the same has been put right?
§ Mr. LONGThough the first recognised case of small-pox in the recent outbreak1482W at Oldham was admitted to the hospital on 25th February, it would appear that the first case of the disease, from which all the others can be traced, was in an unvaccinated girl, whose illness was not originally recognised as small-pox. All the cases had mild attacks of the discrete type and none were fatal, and most of them were in the hospital for comparatively short periods. The cause of the outbreak has not been definitely traced, but there is nothing to show that it was connected with any insanitary condition.