§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health if the will give the dates of the occurrence of the smallpox cases at Sheffield and the 76W date or dates on which any of the cases had been vaccinated.
§ Mr. BevanThe three cases referred to occurred respectively on 9th, 19th and 20th May, 1947. The first was an un-vaccinated boy: the other two, who were his adult relatives, were vaccinated for the first time on 9th May, 1947, when the boy was found to have smallpox.
§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health on what date did the first case of smallpox at Scunthorpe enter hospital; and when was his illness recognised as smallpox.
§ Mr. BevanThis patient was admitted to the infectious diseases hospital as a case of chickenpox on 25th March. Smallpox was diagnosed through laboratory tests on 1st April and the case was transferred to a smallpox hospital.