§ MR. STANLEY LEIGHTON (Shropshire, Oswestry)asked the President of the Local Government Board, If he proposes to take any action in consequence of the official Report of Dr. Page to the Local Government Board, stating that—
The Town Council of Margate continues in default in not providing for the pressing (sanitary) requirements of their district,and that—The infant mortality in Margate has during the last five years been 170 per 1,000; whereas the infant mortality of the rest of England is 142 per 1,000;and, whether it will be possible to provide for the periodical publication of Reports on the sanitary condition of other towns by independent Medical Inspectors of the Local Government Board?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)The Board have sent copies of the Report to the Town Council, and requested that they will at once give it their serious consideration, and inform the Board of the action which they propose to take with regard to the matters to which it refers. The Reports of the Board's Medical Inspectors on the sanitary condition of districts inspected by them are usually printed; and, when it is considered expedient, they are placed on sale. When a Report is in print, and not on sale, the Board are always willing to supply copies to persons interested,