§ DR. THOMPSONTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Local Government Board have refused to sanction an increase of salary to the Medical Officers of Health of the City of Dublin, as recommended by the Corporation of the City of Dublin, and notwithstanding that their work has been increased and a portion of their salaries paid by the Treasury; and will he direct that in accordance with the Local Government Act and Order No. 4 remuneration shall be paid for increased duties.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The work of the Medical Officers of Health has not been increased by reason of the provisions of the Local Government Act Their existing duties were merely defined by Sanitary Order No. 4, of the 3rd 1333 May, 1900, and this Order was made under the Public Health Acts. The Board carefully considered the proposed increases of salary and felt unable to approve of them.