§ MR. ASHLEYI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the report of the inquest held in the City Coroner's Court, on 11th March, on the death of Mary Ellen Pooley from anthrax; and whether, having regard to the fact that a death from anthrax was investigated in the same Court on 8th February, and to the recommendation of the jury, in which the City Coroner concurred, that cases of anthrax ought to be included in the list of diseases compulsorily notifiable to medical officers of health, he will take steps to give effect to that recommendation.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSMy attention has been called to the report of this inquest. As I stated on Monday last, in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for the Ashford Division, it is competent for a sanitary authority, with the consent of the Local Government Board, to make cases of anthrax in human beings compulsorily notifiable in their district.
§ MR. ASHLEYWill the right hon. Gentleman issue a circular urging authorities to make it compulsory in all cases?
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI will consider that.