asked the Minister of Food whether in view of the necessity of canned foods being available to the housewife, he will take this fact into consideration in making the allocation of tinplate to the food trades in 1951.

I have received no reports of serious consequences of vaccination at Brighton during the present outbreak, and no fatalities due to vaccination have been reported. Adverse effects of vaccination are always reported to medical officers of health of local health authorities and thence to my Department.