§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health how many of the persons who developed typhoid fever in the recent Malton outbreak had been inoculated; and whether he will give the dates of inoculation and the date of the appearance of the disease in each case?
Sir H. YOUNGI have no complete information on this subject, but at the time of the outbreak I obtained particulars, covering approximately 200 patients, from eight of the nine isolation hospitals in which patients from 1031W Malton were treated. Twenty-seven of these patients had been inoculated before admission, but not before contracting the disease. As regards the second part of the question, though the dates of notification and admission to hospital can be ascertained, it is impossible to discover the date of appearance of the first symptoms of the disease in each case.