HC Deb 05 June 1964 vol 695 cc217-8W
Mr. Grimond

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what step are being taken to warn visitors to Aberdeen of unofficial restrictions in that City.

Mr. Noble

Wide publicity has already been given to the advice issued by the medical officer of health of Aberdeen that travel to and from the city should be reduced to the minimum, and to the other precautions which he has advised the citizens of Aberdeen to take.

Dr. A. Thompson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is satisfied that adequate supplies for immediate T.A.B. inoculation are available for hospital doctors and nursing staffs in areas adjacent to Aberdeen; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Noble

Adequate supplies are immediately available for T.A.B. inoculation of hospital doctors and nursing staffs in areas adjacent to Aberdeen to maintain the existing high state of inoculation.

Mr. Wolrige-Gordon

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further measures will be imposed or advised for the people of Aberdeenshire to make sure that the typhoid infection does not take the same grip in the countryside that it has in the City of Aberdeen.

Mr. Noble

There have been few cases of typhoid in Aberdeen County, and the best means of preventing any further spread is to maintain the strictest possible attention to personal hygiene and to avoid unnecessary visits to the city.

Back to