§ 48. Mr. SHORTasked the Lord President of the Council what progress the Industrial Health Research Board of the Medical Research Council has made respecting the investigation of the cause of gastric disorders among omnibus men?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Captain Margesson)I have been asked to reply. I am informed that the investigation is being actively pursued, but that it has only recently begun and is still in an early stage. It will necessarily take some time to collect reliable statistics to show whether an excessive incidence of gastric disease is, in a fact, associated with this occupation. If an affirmative answer is obtained it is proposed to extend the inquiry to a study of possible causes.