§ 43. Mr. LUNNasked the Secretary for Mines if he can now give the name of the new medical adviser to the Mines Department and his qualifications to enable him to deal with the various diseases peculiar to the mining industry?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)Dr. S. W. Fisher has been appointed Medical Inspector of Mines and Quarries. Since his demobilisation in 1919 Dr. Fisher has practised in a colliery district in South Wales, where he has obtained general experience of mining conditions and of the treatment of cases of mining accident and disease. He has taken special interest in silicosis and nystagmus, in which he has carried out research work, and in beat hand, beat knee and beat elbow.