§ COLONEL HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that an application has been addressed to the Thames Conservancy for leave to place a cholera ship near London Bridge; and if, before it is sanctioned, he will take care, having regard to the vast surrounding population and the number of passengers conveyed up and down the river by the Victoria Steamboat Association, that the possible danger to the public health is fully considered?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER, Wolverhampton, E.)The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London have under consideration the provision of hospital accommodation for cholera patients, and are in communication with the Thames Conservancy as to mooring a floating hospital in the river. The Conservators have not yet arrived at a decision on the question, and I am informed by them that they will give due attention to the question of any possible danger to public health which might arise from such a hospital.