§ MR. CUMMING MACDONA (Southwark, Rotherhithe)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that at an inquest recently held in Liverpool upon a man who had died from anthrax, it came out in the evidence that the deceased was shaved by a barber in Liverpool shortly before his death who, at deceased's request, cut open the swelling upon the deceased's face, thus causing a serious risk of anthrax being further spread; and, if so, will he take steps to prevent a recurrence of such action.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas). I am informed that the facts are as stated in the first part of the Question. The matter is entirely outside the scope of the Factory Act, and I have no power to take any action; but I may say that I am advised that the risk of anthrax being spread in this way would be small.