21. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies 280 whether he is aware that in the Annual Report of the Selangor Health Department, in the Federated Malay States, Dr. Gerrard states that an unprecedented amount of obstruction and passive resistance has been shown by certain members of the planting community towards the sanitary regulations laid down in the Estate Labourers Enactment, that gross cases of insanitation have been discovered, and that the majority of the visiting medical practitioners, except in a few cases, have not inspected the dwellings of the labourers or given any advice to managers as to the ordinary sanitation of these places; and whether the Government proposes to take any action?
Mr. HARCOURTI have seen in the Press an extract from the Report to the effect quoted in the question. I have no doubt that the Local Government will take any steps that may be necessary or desirable.