§ DR. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)To ask the President of the Local 1212 Government Board whether he can state. how many women have passed during, the last ten years the examination required to qualify for a sanitary inspector; and how many sanitary authorities have appointed a female sanitary inspector on their staff.
(Answered by MR. John Burns.) It is only in London that a sanitary inspector is required by law to be the holder of a certificate granted by a body approved by the Local Government Board to the effect that he has by examination shown himself competent for such office. I understand that the number of women who have passed the qualifying examination during the ten years ended 31st December last, is about 216, and that the number of metropolitan borough councils who have appointed one or more female sanitary inspectors is twenty-two.