§ Mr. Leachasked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken to deal with any cases of typhus fever which may come into this country and to prevent the 1919W spreading of the disease; and whether he has any intention of using or advocating the use of the vaccine made from typhus-infected intestines of lice?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe precautions which have been taken against typhus include a close watch by medical officers at ports and airports; the organisation and training of special mobile diagnostic and sanitary teams; arrangements for confirmatory diagnosis by experts; plans by local authorities for prompt isolation, hospital treatment and supervision of contacts; and a general intensification of delousing and cleansing of verminous conditions, for which local authorities have recently been given additional powers. The reply to the second part of the Question is "No."