§ Mr. Leachasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the case of 25 children attending the Irish College at Ring, Waterford, who contracted tuberculosis, from which one has since died, as the result of inoculation against diphtheria by a prophylactic supplied by the Wellcome Foundation, of Snow Hill Buildings, London; if this prophylactic is the same as that freely used in this country; and 1938W out the country; and what progress has been made in the carrying out of Lord Sankey's recommendation that the voluntary hospitals of the country should form themselves into an association, regionally organised, for the purposes of joint action?
§ Mr. ElliotThe conference which was held recently between representatives of the King Edward VII Hospital Fund, the Voluntary Hospitals Committee for the County of London, and the London County Council, was of an exploratory character and no decisions were taken. It did not cover hospitals outside London. A Committee of the British Hospitals Association is now actively engaged in formulating a scheme of regional organisation which, I understand, is meeting with general approval. According to my information, the Committee hope to issue a statement in about six months' time.