§ DR. TANNERI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been directed to the great number of instances in which lemonade has been proved by analysis to have been poisonously contaminated by lead; and whether further steps will be taken to prevent danger to the public in this regard?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE, Tower Hamlets, St. George's)My attention has not been directed to cases of poisonous contamination of lemonade by lead, but I shall be happy to consider carefully any representations which may be made to me on the subject.
§ DR. TANNERHas the right hon. Gentleman seen any Reports from Aberdeen calling attention to cases which have been tested, and which showed that in many instances the lemonade had been poisonously contaminated by lead?
§ *MR. RITCHIENo, Sir; I have not soon any such Reports, and I am afraid that an Aberdeen complaint would not be addressed to my Department.