§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether, 1047 seeing that the position of parochial medical officer for the parish of Durness, Sutherland, fell vacant in 1898, will he state why Durness is omitted from the Parochial Medical Officers (Scotland) Return, 1903.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) I am informed by the Local Government Board for Scotland that the Return furnished to them by the Inspector of Poor in August, 1903, stated that the resident medical officership in the parish had never been vacant since 20th July, 1896. On now communicating with the Inspector of Poor the Board learn that the office was vacant in 1898, although the parish was never without a doctor, as the present medical officer was in the parish for weeks before his predecessor left.