Mr. CHANCELLORasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the fact that, when a young man with his wife and two children entered the workhouse of the Beckenham union, the vaccination of the children was insisted upon, although the father had previously obtained exemption for his children from vaccination; whether it is the general practice in Poor Law institutions to nullify the provisions of Acts of Parliament; and whether he will take steps to secure the legal rights of poor persons by issuing the necessary instructions to the medical officers of workhouses that they must not vaccinate children whose parents object to the operation?
§ Mr. BURNSMy attention has been drawn to this case, and I am in communication with the board of guardians in regard to it.