§ MR. FERENS (Hull, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been directed to the recent action of the guardians of the Driffield Union in determining their vaccination contract with Dr. Brand, solely in consequence of his resignation of his office as district medical officer; and if he has sanctioned the utilising of emoluments, arising from the office of public vaccinator, as an inducement to Poor Law medical officers to accept low salaries and allowances for supplies of medicines, surgical appliances, and dressings, visits, and consultations in their treatment of sick poor parish patients.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSMy attention has been called to this matter. I have not expressed any approval of the principle referred to in the last part of the Question. It was, however, competent for the guardians to determine the vaccination contract if they thought 1240 fit to do so, without any sanction on my part.