§ Mr. Leachasked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the right of the personnel of the R.N. and R.A.F. proceeding to Gibraltar or Africa to refuse vaccination and inoculation has been withdrawn in the case of inoculation against yellow fever; what is the nature of the inoculation; whether it is given at the same time as vaccination against small-pox; and whether medical officers who order this inoculation have been reminded of the 2153W number of cases of jaundice, some of them fatal, that yellow fever inoculation has caused in the American Army and of similar cases in the British Army.
Mr. AlexanderThe right of officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force proceeding to Gibraltar or Africa to refuse inoculation against yellow fever has not been withdrawn. The inoculation consists of one injection of I c.c. of a specially prepared vaccine to which there is extremely little or no reaction. It may be given at the same time as vaccination against small-pox, but the instructions provide that where possible inoculation shall precede vaccination by not less than five days. Cases of jaundice due to yellow fever vaccine do not now occur in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.