HC Deb 25 November 1902 vol 115 c374
MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)

To ask the Lord Advocate, in view of the prevalence of typhus and other fevers in he Island of Lewis, and the sanitary Conditions of many of the townships, will he say whether arrangements can be made for the medical officer of the Local Government Board for Scotland to visit the Island at an early date.

(Answered by Mr, A. Graham Murray.) The facts are that six cases of typhus lave been reported, four of which are now Convalescent. There does not, therefore, seem any necessity for a special inspection such as is suggested by the hon. Member.