§ MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD (Leicester)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the apparent lack of uniformity in the reports of medical officers of health, he has considered the advisability of issuing a Circular to local authorities informing them that they must include in the Annual Report of the medical officers of health to the Home Office all premises visited in connection with infectious disease, provided home work is found to be carried on.
§ MR. GLADSTONEI have no authority to issue the instructions suggested in the Question, nor would they meet the case, as Sections 109 and 110 of the Factory Act do not apply to all kinds of home work. The Home Office has done what it could to secure uniformity in the Reports of the medical officers of health by issuing forms of tables, but the use of the forms is not compulsory.