HC Deb 22 March 1898 vol 55 c566
SIR JOHN BRUNNER

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, how many local authorities have adopted the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act, and what proportion that number is of the whole number empowered to do so?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. CHAPLIN,) Lincolnshire, Sleaford

The number of districts in which the system of notification is in force is 1,649, with a population of nearly 28,000,000, out of 1,821 districts, with a population of 29,000,000.