§ MR. BURTasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether, as the awards for vaccination (paid 991 under section 5 of 30 and 31 Vic e 84) are now very considerable in amount, and as they are given year after year to certain public vaccinators, though the Act prescribes that they shall be paid for "number and quality" only, he will state what is the officially recognised principle upon which these awards are given, in addition to the ordinary salaries of the public vaccinators?
§ MR. DODSONSir, the principle upon which these awards are given is that an Inspector of the Board should be satisfied in every case, by a careful personal examination of the arms of a considerable number of recently-vaccinated children, that the results are up to the prescribed standard of merit—namely, that the scars should cover a certain area and be thoroughly well marked. Moreover, the Inspector is required to see that the public vaccinator has been regular and punctual in his attendance at the vaccination station at the appointed times, and that the cases have been duly certified and registered. If it is found that these conditions have not been complied with, the award is withheld.