§ Mr. GROVESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education 1049W whether he is aware that the Acton Education Authority has introduced diphtheria immunisation into its schools; whether before injection of the immunising mixture the children were Schick tested; what form of immunising mixture has been used; how many injections of the mixture have been made into each child undergoing it; whether all the inoculated children were Schick tested three months after the final injection; and, if so, whether any of them were still Schick positive?
Sir H. YOUNGI have been asked to reply. This work has been done by the Acton Town Council in its capacity as health authority. I am informed that all children ever seven years of age were Schick tested before immunisation; but the children in the infants' department of one school only were so tested. The immunising material used was almost wholly T.A.M. (Toxoid Antitoxin Mixture), but T.A.F. (Toxoid Antitoxin Floccules) was used in a few cases. Three injections were given in the great majority of cases. The inoculated chil-
Poor Law Authority. Average weekly expenditure on the relief of the able-bodied poor and their dependants during the 6 months beginning— 17th May, 1930. 16th Nov., 1930. 16th May, 1931. 15th Nov., 1931. 15th May, 1932. 13th Nov., 1932. 14th May, 1933. 12th Nov., 1933.* Counties— £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Caithness … 1 2 2 22 11 15 19 34 Sutherland … — — — 5 6 4 4 4 Aberdeenshire … 12 25 17 294 87 188 178 388 Berwickshire … — 2 3 22 17 32 29 40 Lanarkshire … 330 398 430 832 1,196 1,637 1,808 1,941 Dumbartonshire … 158 205 244 319 304 419 411 490 Burghs— Edinburgh … 1,290 1,702 1,866 2,666 2,868 3,332 3,273 3,487 Glasgow … 5,705 7,350 8,773 11,033 13,253 16,200 18,695 20,919 * For period of 13 weeks to 10th February, 1934.