§ Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the President of the Local Government Board, in reference to the districts mentioned in the 1911–12 Report of the medical officer to the Local Government Board as showing the highest incidence of enteric fever, whether he will give the number of Reports made by the Board's medical officers on the health of these districts which contain recommendations to the local authorities, and state what action the Local Government Board has taken to secure the adoption of these recommendations?
§ Mr. BURNSReports have been made by my inspectors in respect of all but three of the districts to which the Noble Lord refers. It is the practice of the Local Government Board to request the local authority to take the inspector's report into consideration, and the matter is followed up by correspondence, or, where necessary, by a special visit of an inspector. I am not prepared to say that every suggestion and recommendation made by my Department is always promptly adopted, but I am satisfied that they are, as a rule, carefully considered by the local authority, and that improvements and advantage result from them.