§ SIR F. DIXON-HARTLAND (Middlesex, Oxbridge)To ask the President of the Local Government Board, with regard to the smallpox hospital that is being erected at Hanworth, Middlesex, and which the officers of his department have just inspected and stated that there is no fear of pollution provided that the cesspools on the site are emptied regularly and their contents are not allowed to overflow or soak away into the soil, whether, seeing the importance of the question, he will give instructions by which all refuse solid or fluid shall be first treated with lime and afterwards burnt as a means of ensuring safety to the public.
(Answer.) As I stated on a previous occasion, I have no authority to interfere with regard to this hospital, as it is not proposed to defray the cost out of borrowed money. Hence, I am not empowered to give instructions of the kind desired, but I will recommend the Urban District Council to take all necessary measures for the safe disposal of refuse from the building when it is used as a hospital.—(Local Government Board.)