§ MR. P. A. TAYLORasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether he is aware that the Board of 1883 Guardians at Brighton are, in contravention of the instructions of the Local Government Board, prosecuting persons who refuse to have their children vaccinated, time after time for the same child, and that within the last few days several distraints upon their goods in such cases have taken place; and, whether he proposes to take any steps in the mattter?
MR. GEORGE RUSSELLSir, the Board have no information at present as to the facts. They have communicated with the Guardians, and are informed by them that they are unable, at the present moment, to furnish the required information owing to the temporary absence on sick leave of the vaccination officer whose official records are not immediately accessible. The Board have forwarded to the Guardians a copy of the letter, which was addressed to the Guardians of the Evesham Union, setting forth the considerations which ought, in the Board's opinion, to be weighed by the Guardians in determining the question of repeated prosecution under the Vaccination Acts.