§ MR. WILKIE (Dundee)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the reports concerning the bad sanitary state of the water supply of the village of Ardler, in Perthshire; whether he in aware of a particular form of disease prevalent in the village, known as the Ardler scab, said to be due to the poisonous nature of the water supply; and whether he proposes to take any steps to compel the local landlord to have a proper supply procured in the interest of the villagers.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. Sinclair, Forfarshire)My attention has been drawn to the unsatisfactory state of the water supply of the village of Ardler. The county medical officer reported that in the autumn of 1905 a number of the children in Ardler and other parts of the county suffered from "broken-out faces," but that there was no 248 reason to connect these with the water supply. The Local Government Board are in communication with the local authority with a view to an improved supply.
§ MR. LUPTON (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)Did these "broken-out faces" come before or after vaccination?
§ [No Answer was returned.]