HC Deb 30 September 1941 vol 374 c487W
Dr. Morgan

asked the Minister of Health whether, during the years 1938, 1939 and 1940, there were any further outbreaks of food-poisoning on board ships; whether any further outbreaks of toxic peripheral polyneuritis, similar to the outbreaks of Ginger or Jake paralysis in the United States of America, were observed and recorded; whether the fine medical work in this connection of the medical officers of his Ministry, reported on page 165 of the 1938 Annual Report of the Ministry's chief medical officer, has been repeated; whether special watch has since been kept for such outbreaks; and whether appropriate commendation has been made to the officers concerned?

Mr. E. Brown

No further outbreak of toxic polyneuritis, or of other serious food poisoning on board ship, has come to my notice. I greatly appreciate my hon. Friend's tribute to the work of my medical officers and I can assure him that their watch for any serious outbreak of the kind to which he refers is a close one.