§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken to call the attention of all local authorities to the urgency of all places supplying milk to schools and institutions of all kinds being regularly inspected by sanitary inspectors and by medical experts; and is he satisfied that there are sufficient inspectors employed to cope with this important work under local authorities?
§ Mr. E. BrownA communication was sent to local authorities in the course of last year impressing upon them the necessity of taking all practicable steps to secure the due discharge of the duties of inspection imposed upon them by the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, especially in relation to cleanliness in methods of production, treatment and distribution of milk. As regards the second part of the Question, 1549W this service is of course subject to the exigencies of the general man-power situation, but arrangements have been made by which sanitary inspectors will not be recruited for military service except in special cases in which their professional qualifications are required in the Armed Forces.