§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that, owing to the recent absence of the medical officer for the parish of Uig, island of Lewis, one of the occupants of thirteen Tolstachulish in that parish was compelled to send to Stornoway, about twenty miles, for medical attendance on a widow who was found to be suffering from fever; and, seeing that this cost the poor family about £2, will arrangements be made for the presence of a substitute when the resident medical officer finds it necessary to absent himself from the district.
§ MR. SINCLAIRThe woman in question was not a pauper; she was, therefore, not under the jurisdiction of the parish council who have no duty to provide medical attendance for others than paupers. The absence of the parochial medical officer was caused by the serious illness of a relative. He left a substitute in charge whose residence was nearer to Tolstachulish than the residence of the medical officer himself.