§ Mr. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state what have been the total expenses of the guardians in the unions of Wellingborough and Kettering in respect of public vaccination in each of the three years ending 31st December, 1897, 31st December, 1898, and 31st December, 1899; and what have been the amounts of the fees to public vaccinators and vaccination officers; and what have been the expenses of prosecutions under the Vaccination Acts in each of the three years named in the said unions.
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§ MR. BRIGGTo ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state what have been the total expenses of the guardians in the unions of Keighley and Dewsbury in respect of public vaccination in each of the three years ending 31st December, 1897, 31st December 1898, and 31st, December 1899; and what have been the amounts of the fees to public vaccinators and vaccination officers; and what have been the expenses of prosecutions under the Vaccination Acts in each of the three years named in the said unions.
§ MR. LOGAN (Leicestershire, Harborough)To ask the President of 783 the Local Government Board if he will state what have been the total expenses of the guardians in the unions of Leicester and Market Harborough in respect of public vaccination in each of the three years ending 31st December, 1897, 31st December, 1898, and 31st December, 1899; what have been the amounts of the fees to public vaccinators and vaccination officers; and what have been the expenses of prosecutions under the Vaccination Acts in each of the three years named in the Leicester and Market Harborough unions.
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. CHAPLIN, Lincolnshire, Sleaford)Perhaps I may be allowed to reply at the same time to this question and to the two following ones which stand in the names of the hon. Members for the Keighley and Harborough Divisions. The Local Government Board are not in possession of the information asked for. The expenditure of boards of guardians in relation to public vaccination is shown in the Local Taxation Returns, but these Returns are made up for the twelve months ending in March. The Returns for the year ended March, 1898, have already been published. Those for the following year will be issued in a few days, and the Returns for the year ended at March, 1900, will appear in due course.
§ MR. CHANNINGIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that boards of guardians pay their accounts quarterly, and that these figures are obtainable from the boards of guardians? I have obtained them myself. Is the right hon. Gentleman also aware that the Local Taxation Returns, which will be issued in a few days, will only give the expenses of the new system of vaccination for three months from the commencement of the Act, whereas what I ask for is three full years expenses up to the end of 1899.
§ MR. CHAPLINI am not aware of the fact referred to, but I would point out that Returns affecting only three unions are asked for.