§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health whether he can furnish the following particulars of the small-pox cases removed to hospital from Hendon to Golders Green: the sex and age of each patient; the vaccinal condition of the fatal and non-fatal cases; whether there were any special circumstances connected with the fatal cases that contributed to 1666W benefit, in a particular year are not available, but the following table gives for Great Britain (1) the average number of persons on the live registers and (2) the average number of persons with current claims to unemployment benefit on the Monday of each week in the years 1925 and 1926.
the fatal result; and whether the infection was originally contracted abroad?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINNine patients, whose homes were in the Urban District of Hendon, were removed to hospital, one male and eight females. One patient was eight days old, and the others were aged 8, 15, 16, 21, 23, 37, 42 and 47 years, respectively. There were five fatal cases, and I am informed that at the time of infection four of these were unvaccinated and one vaccinated. Of the non-fatal cases, two were unvaccinated and two vaccinated at the time of infection. The three vaccinated cases were aged 23, 42 and 47, respectively, and were all vaccinated only in infancy. As regards the last part of the question, I am not aware of any special circumstances. I am informed that the source of infection has not been traced.