§ Mr. ASTORasked the President of the Local Government Board if any Poor Law infirmaries give or have recently given treatment of non-pauper patients; and, if so, whether any charge has been made for such treatment?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELCases are occasionally admitted to Poor Law infirmaries of persons who would not ordinarily be regarded as "paupers." Accident cases in particular are often admitted because the need of treatment is urgent, and there is no other hospital at hand. As regards 475W the last part of the question, boards of guardians are empowered to recover, and do recover, the cost of treatment when the person relieved, or those liable for his support, are able to pay.
§ Mr. ASTORasked what sanitary authorities have, during the last three years for which figures are available, provided treatment for puerperal fever, erysipelas, scabies, pediculosis, whooping-cough, and measles?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI have not sufficient information for a reply to this question.
§ Mr. ASTORasked how many public health authorities provide gratuitously anti-toxin serum for diphtheria, and how many do not make such provision?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELA large number of local authorities now provide antitoxin gratuitously, but I cannot give the exact number.
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe number is 3,761.
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELOne hundred and seventy-seven Poor Law infirmaries have maternity wards. Maternity cases elsewhere are treated in special wards at the workhouses.
§ Mr. ASTORasked if any and, if so, how many public health authorities have provided baths and disinfecting chambers for the cleansing and purifying of the bodies and clothing of persons infested with vermin or parasites?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELSome local authorities have provided cleansing stations, but I have no information as to the actual number.