§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that the medical officer of health for the St. Asaph (Flint) district has expressed the opinion that the sanitation both of St. Asaph and Rhuddlan is unsatisfactory; and will he communicate with the local authority with a view to ascertaining to what extent effect can be given to the recommendations of their medical officer of health.
§ MR. MORTON (Sutherland)I beg also to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether in view of the recommendations made by the medical officer of health for St. Asaph (Flint), ho will ascertain from the local authorities whether they will consider the expediency of dealing with the sewage of the villages of Meliden and Dyserth.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (MR. JOHN BURNS, Battersea)I have just received the Report for last year of the medical officer of health, and I find that he refers init to the matters mentioned in the Questions. I understand that the rural district council regard the Report as inaccurate and incomplete and have asked the medical officer further to consider it and submit it at the next meeting, when the various matters dealt with will be fully considered.