HC Deb 19 December 1946 vol 431 cc431-2W
86. Mr. Hogg

asked the Minister of Health whether he will publish the results of investigations into the nature of the recent outbreaks at Leicester and Cowley Road Hospital, Oxford.

Mr. Bevan

Both were outbreaks of gastro-enteritis and not—as far as can be seen—of any new disease. Gastro-enteritis can take many forms, the causes of some of which (as here) are still unknown. Both places have been temporarily closed, and I trust this will prove effective

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