§ 66. Mr. HILLSasked the President of the Local Government Board whether there have been during the last five years any breaches, besides the recent one at Lambeth, of the Regulation made by the Poor Law Order of 1868, Article 4, and continued by the Poor Law Institutions Order, 1913, requiring the medical officer of each workhouse to report to the Local Government Board within twenty-four hours of having information of every 2112 sudden or accidental death in the workhouse; if so, on What dates and by the medical officers of what unions were the breaches committed; and what steps the Local Government Board have taken or would take to ensure obedience to this Regulation in future in all unions?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThere are not records which would enable me to answer the first two parts of the question. In any case of failure to report within the required time the Local Government Board would remind the medical officer of his duty under the Regulations.