§ Mr. STAVELEY-HILLasked the President of the Local Government Board what reason, if any, did the Farnham and Croydon Boards of Guardians give for declining to act upon the suggestion of the Local Government Board to award gratuities to their vaccination officers to meet the loss of income sustained by them in consequence of the Vaccination Act and Order, 1907, and also to increase the fees now paid to these officers?
§ Mr. BURNSThe Farnham Board of Guardians did not agree with the method suggested by the Local Government Board. They wished that a fee should be paid in respect of each case of exemption. The Croydon Board of Guardians, who had previously granted a gratuity to the officer in respect of losses which he had suffered in consequence of the increase of exemptions, stated, when the matter was brought before them again last year, that they did not see their way 1349W either to increase the fees payable to the vaccination officer or to award him any further gratuity for any loss he may have sustained.