§ MR. HOLT (Northumberland, Hexham)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that the registrar of births and deaths for Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, lives 406 at Allendale, a distance of seven miles from Haydon Bridge, which he only visits once a week; and whether arrangements more convenient for the inhabitants of Haydon Bridge cannot be made.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) I have communicated with the Registrar-General on this subject, and am informed by him that the births in the whole parish of Haydon average about one per week and the deaths about one per fortnight. The Allendale registrar of births and deaths, who is also relieving officer, attends at Haydon Bridge once in each week, and, in the circumstances, the Registrar-General considers that his hours of attendance there are sufficient for the requirements of the place. I may add that registration of death does not necessarily precede burial, so that registration of all deaths can take place at the weekly visits of the registrar.