§ MR. J. C. FLYNN (Cork, N.)On behalf of the hon. Member for Galway (Mr. J. PINKERTON), I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the Local Government Board (Ireland) can compel Poor Law Guardians to put into practice the compulsory clause of the Vaccination Act?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Local Government Board have power to pass any regulations they think fit to prevent the spread of dangerous infectious diseases, such as small-pox, and thus to compel compliance with the Vaccination laws. No Boards of Guardians in Ireland have, I may add, refused to do their duty in this respect.