§ MR. T. F. RICHARDS (Wolverhampton, W.)To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty how many cases of accident at the Portsmouth Dockyard have been dealt with by the medical officers and by the surgery attendants respectively during the last six months, and what are the actual hours the medical officers are supposed to be in attendance at the dockyard surgery.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) During the past six months 5,189 cases of accident have been treated at the dockyard surgery. The surgery attendants apply first aid only. The medical officers are responsible for all treatment, and there is therefore no separate list of cases treated by attendants. A medical officer is in actual attendance in the dockyard surgery from 9 a.m. till noon and from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. (bell-ringing). During the remainder of the twenty-four hours a medical officer is available at his official residence inside the dockyard.