§ Mr. ASTORasked the President of the Local Government Board how many local sanitary authorities there are in England and Wales; how many medical inspectors there are in the service of the Local Government Board whose duty it is to inspect personally and keep in personal touch with the work of these authorities; and what are the other duties of these officers?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe number of sanitary authorities in England and Wales is 1,870. The medical inspectors of the Local Government Board are not specially deputed to make routine inspection of the work of each of these authorities, but in the performance of their various duties, such as the holding of local inquiries, investigations into sanitary circumstances and outbreaks of disease, the inspection of vaccination, and the 845W visiting of localities and conferences with local representatives for various other purposes, they are brought into constant touch with the sanitary authorities and their administration.