Mr. Braddockasked the Minister of Health how much money is paid to the Lister Institute for vaccine lymph supplied by the institute for the purpose of public vaccinations.
§ Mr. BevanThe payment is £10,000 a year for the supply of lymph up to a total of 500,000 doses annually, with a payment of twopence per dose for any supply additional to this.
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Mr. Braddockasked the Minister of Health, why sheep are used in the manufacture of vaccine lymph at the Lister Institute instead of calves; and whether the process in the case of sheep is similar to that formerly used at the Government lymph institute in regard to calves.
§ Mr. BevanI understand that the Lister Institute prefers sheep to calves because they are more readily obtainable, easier to keep clean, hardier, and not subject to tuberculosis disease, though post-mortem examination of every animal used eliminated the latter risk when calves were used. The answer to the last part of the Question is "Yes, Sir."