§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that the Parochial Medical Officer at Gairloch has declined to act as District Medical Officer with the County Medical Officer for Ross and 322 Cromarty, chiefly because the latter is engaged in private practice; if so, what is being done to look after the health of the population and the sanitary condition of that district?
THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAX,) Glasgow, BridgetonIn reply to the hon. Member, I find, on inquiry, that the statement in the first portion of his question is accurate. The Board of Supervision is in communication with the District Committee on the subject. I may add that the County Medical Officer is by Statute Chief Medical Officer of the district.