§ 71. Mr. SNOWDENasked whether the vaccination officer to the Bedford Union was, upon his application for the appointment, given to understand that if the office was properly looked after it would bring him in an income of £100 a year, and seeing that this officer's income for the year 1911 was only £60 9s., what are the reasons for refusing to allow the guardians to pay to this officer the fee of threepence for each certificate of exemption received by him?
§ Mr. LEWISI have been informed by the Vaccination Officer that he was given to understand on appointment that the post would be worth £100 per annum, but it is of course obvious that where the remuneration is derived from fees it is liable to variation. I do not consider the payment of a fixed fee for exemptions a desirable method of remuneration.