§ Mr. CHARLES DUNCANasked the President of the Board of Education the number of officers of the Board who have resigned or been retired on grounds of ill-health during the last ten years, and the periods of sick leave preceding resignation or retirement in those cases?
Mr. PEASEFifty-three officers of the Board have resigned or been retired on the ground of ill-health since July, 1904. The number of days of sick-leave which preceded resignation or retirement varied from 0 to 343. The number of days was less than fifty in twenty-two eases, between fifty and 100 in nine cases, and over 100 in twenty-two cases.