§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many out of the total number of local sanitary authorities in Ireland have adopted the 754 Compulsory Notification of Infectious Diseases Act; and what proportion of the population such authorities represent.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Two hundred and twenty-five out of 308 sanitary authorities in Ireland, representing 76.9 per cont. of the population, have adopted the Infectious Disease Notification Act.