§ Mr. WILLIAM THORNEasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that ten of the women telephone operators employed at the General Post Office, South, were seized with fits of fainting and hysteria while on duty on 7th July; whether any women telegraphists at the Central Telegraph Office were similarly affected on the same date; and whether he can now say when it is proposed to publish the report of the medical inquiry into the conditions of the London telephone service?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe facts are as stated by the hon. Member. The incident is attributed to the heat, which, on the date in question, caused a temperature of 87 degrees in the Central Exchange. There were no similar cases in the Central Telegraph Office on that day. I hope to publish the report of the medical inquiry into the conditions of telephone working at an early date.