§ Mr. ROBINSONasked the Postmaster-General the average number of days' sickness per man per annum for two years of men employed in Post Office work for whom a medical officer's fee of 8s. 6d. per annum is paid?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe figures for the male force (excluding clerical and supervising classes) are approximately as follows:—
Clerical and supervising officers are not provided with free medical attendance unless their wages fall below a certain limit. The available returns of the sick leave of these two classes do not distinguish between men entitled to and those not entitled to free medical attendance, and the information desired by the hon. Member as regards these classes could therefore only be obtained by calling for further elaborate returns from the whole country, which he will probably scarcely think necessary.
1909. 1910. Staff. Sick-rate. Staff. Sick-rate. 115,731 6.06 days. 118,216 5.96 days.