§ Mr. PETOasked the President of the Local Government Board whether the gratuity sanctioned to the 321 vaccination officers, mainly at the instigation of the Local Government Board, was equal to the amount of the loss sustained in consequence of the working of the Vaccination Act and Order, 1907, by those 321 officers; and whether the 279 vaccination officers who have been paid increased fees are now receiving an income approximate to the average of that received by them for the five years 1903–1907?
§ Mr. BURNSSpeaking generally, the arrangements which the Board have sanctioned in these cases have been those which the boards of guardians have proposed.