§ DR. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether any, and if any, which of the county councils in England and Wales, have not appointed a medical officer of health; whether any and if any, which county councils have appointed medical officers of health giving part time service to the duties of the office; and whether he has considered the advisability of initiating legislation requiring every county council to appoint a medical officer of health who shall not hold any other appointment or engage in private practice.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) According to the latest information in my possession there are thirty-two county councils who have not appointed a medical officer of health. The last Parliamentary Return on the subject (316 of 1904) shows that there were then twelve cases in which a county medical officer of health was not required to devote his whole time to his duties. I will send my hon. friend a list of the county councils above referred to. The matter to which he alludes in the last part of the Question is receiving my consideration.