§ Mr. JAMES PARKER (Halifax) (for Mr. William Thorne)asked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the treatment towards Mr. Jameson by the Hammersmith Infirmary officials because he refused to undergo an operation on his leg and was turned out in consequence, although the infirmary doctor had to remove the splints from his leg to pass him out; and, seeing that this man was readmitted an hour afterwards and subjected to bad treatment on readmission, will he cause an inquiry to be made about the matter?
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. John Burns)I have received complaint with regard to this case, and have made inquiry with respect to it. Jameson was admitted to the infirmary on 5th January. The splint was removed on the 6th, not apparently for the purpose of passing him out, but because it was no longer required and because the sinues from which he suffered rendered its continuance undesirable. On the 8th he declined to undergo an operation on his leg. He was discharged on the 9th, not, as I understand, on this account, but at his own request. He was re- 1006 admitted the same day. The allegation that he then received bad treatment is entirely denied by the officers concerned, whom I have caused to be questioned on the subject, and I do not find any evidence in support of it.