§ MR. THOMAS BAYLEY (Derbyshire, Chesterfield)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if Her Majesty's Local Government Board Inspector has yet reported on the recent small-pox epidemic at Gloucester, and on the sanitary condition of the city at the time; and, if so, whether he will lay the Report upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. CHAPLINIn view of the fact that the Royal Commission on Vaccination had sent a Special Commissioner to report on the epidemic of small-pox at Gloucester, the Local Government Board did not deem it expedient to instruct an inspector to make a Report on the same subject.
§ MR. BAYLEYThe Local Government Board did send an inspector, I believe, is that not the fact?
§ MR. CHAPLINYes, an inspector was sent at the time when the epidemic was at its worst, to assist in putting an end to the then state of things, but he was not instructed to make a Report on the general question, inasmuch as a special Commissioner was charged with the duty.
§ MR. BAYLEYHas he made a Report?
§ MR. CHAPLINI have not yet seen the Report, though I believe it has been printed.