HC Deb 08 July 1913 vol 55 c231
64. Mr. ASTOR

asked the President of the Local Government Board whether the Local Government Board laboratory in London is utilised mainly for original research or for routine investigation, such as the examination of milk and sputum for tubercle bacilli or blood for evidence of typhoid fever?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Herbert Lewis)

The work carried on in the Board's pathological laboratory falls under both the categories mentioned in the question. Perhaps I may refer the hon. Member to page 123 of the Appendix to the Final Report of the Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis as illustrating the general character of the work.