§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Secretary of State for War the numbers of cases and 1970W of deaths in the recent outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis at Aldershot; whether the cause of the outbreak has been ascertained; and on what date each sufferer had last been vaccinated or inoculated?
§ Mr. SHAWUp to 23rd February the number of eases at Aldershot during the present outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis has been 13 (including a civilian nursing sister) of which I regret to say eight have proved fatal. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative. As regards the last part, 12 of the patients had been vaccinated, one within a week, one within a month, and the remainder from seven months upwards. Only one patient had been inoculated, and that over three years ago.