§ Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked how many certifying surgeons hold other public appointments, including all the public medical officers mentioned in 202 the memorandum of the Local Government Board to the local authorities issued in December, 1910?
§ Mr. McKENNAI regret I am not able to give the Noble Lord the full information he asks for, but the figures of certifying surgeons in England and Wales holding the posts of medical officer of health and district medical officers are as follows:—The number of certifying surgeons holding both posts is 247; the number holding the post of medical officer of health only is 141; the number holding the post of district medical officer only is 502. The total number of certifying surgeons in England and Wales (apart from doctors appointed to act as certifying surgeon for an institution under Section 5 of the Factory Act of 1907) is 1,280.