HC Deb 12 May 1899 vol 71 cc474-5
MAJOR RASCH (Essex, S.E.)

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council whether the Executive of the General Medical Council had stated, in their reply to the Privy Council, what grounds they had for considering that accidents due to the employment of unqualified dispensers by medical practitioners were very rare; and, if not, would he ask that body what means they had of knowing the number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, which resulted in doctors' surgeries from the employment of unqualified dispensers.

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir JOHN GORST, Cambridge University)

The infrequency with which such cases are reported to the Privy Council tends to confirm the opinion of the General Medical Council that they are very rare, and the Privy Council have not therefore thought it necessary to ask the General Medical Council for any further information.