SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state the number of persons seeking certificates of competency as sanitary inspectors who have been examined in each year by the Board of Examinations constituted by the Local Government Board under Section 108 of The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the number to whom certificates of competency have been granted in each year.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) I am informed that the number are as follows:—
Year. Number of Applicants for Certificates. Number of Certificates granted. 1890 18 16 1900 21 12 1901 27 24 1902 70 57 1903 69 46