§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health how many days elapsed between the discovery of the first small-pox case at Oldham in 1936 and the vaccination of the contacts; how many contacts were vaccinated or re-vaccinated; how many cases of small-pox subsequently developed; and what was their vaccinal condition?
§ Sir K. WoodThe first vaccinations of contacts were carried out the day after the diagnosis of the first patient was established and 12 days after her illness began. The number of contacts vaccinated or re-vaccinated was 282. The number of subsequent cases was 10, including one doubtful case. Of these, four varying in age from 54 to 72 were vaccinated in infancy, one, aged 41, was vaccinated in 1916, and five, including the doubtful case, were unvaccinated.