§ 65. Mr. BARNESasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that on Saturday, 8th May, 1923, Mr. Ernest Charles Glover, of 46, Groseley Lane, East Ham, was sent by his doctor to Poplar Hospital for a minor operation for stricture; that an anæsthetic was administered and an operation performed in his bed and not in the operating theatre, and that Glover did not recover from the operation; that at the inquest the coroner commented upon the fact that it was the third inquest he had held that day upon persons who had died following the administration of anæsthetics, and stated that, in his opinion, further investigation was necessary; and will he state to the House whether he will investigate these cases to ascertain if every care was exercised and, in addition, order an inquiry into the science of anæsthesia generally to safeguard the public from these unanticipated fatalities?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI have not received particulars of the case to which the hon. Member refers, but I will make inquiry with a view to considering whether further action is called for.