HC Deb 04 November 1948 vol 457 c93W
78. Mr. Hastings

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the danger of the dissemination of typhoid fever, infantile paralysis and other diseases, as the result of the lavatories of main-line trains discharging directly on to the track; and what action he proposes to take.

Mr. Bevan

I am advised that there is hardly any evidence at present that disease is spread in this way; but my medical officers are keeping in close touch with current research in this field.