§ Sir WILLIAM COLLINSasked the Postmaster-General whether, in connection with the employment of postmen on cycling duties, any additional duties in regard to medical examinations of postmen to be so employed have been placed upon medical officers; and if he will state what regulations the Post Office have laid down in regard to such examinations?
§ Mr. BUXTONIt has for some time past been a part of the duty of Post Office medical officers to examine postmen about to be employed on cycling duty. I have recently seen cause to extend this examination to men already employed on cycling duty, and to cause it to be repeated at intervals of four years. In order to ensure a searching and complete examination a list of questions has been compiled for the use of medical officers indicating those points which are of importance in the interest of the staff and of the public service.