§ 45. Dr. Summerskillasked the Minister of Health which hospitals are testing the new automatic nitrous-oxide-oxygen machine for the relief of pain at childbirth; and whether he has received a report through the Medical Research Council regarding the effectiveness of this machine.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe new machine had been tried out at the Kingsbury Maternity Hospital and Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, before the Medical Research Council began consideration of the matter. I have not yet received a report from the Medical Research Council, but I understand that preliminary investigations are in progress.