§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health how many cases of small-pox have been reported from the workhouse at Newcastle-on-Tyne; how many of them had been vaccinated or re-vaccinated; 2520W when was the last general re-vaccination of the inmates prior to this outbreak; and whether any inmates recently vaccinated or re-vaccinated who were attacked by small-pox were suffering from any other disease at the time of the attack?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINForty-five cases of small-pox have recently occurred in the Newcastle-on-Tyne Poor Law Institution. Forty-two of these cases had, at the time of infection by small-pox, been vaccinated in infancy only, and their ages ranged from 17 to 70 years. In addition, one had been re-vaccinated 10 years ago. Prior to the present outbreak there has been no general re-vaccination of the inmates during the past 15 years. The answer to the last part of the question is in the affirmative, but in none of these cases was the vaccination successful