§ Sir J. D. REESasked the President of the Local Government Board whether, in view of the approach of summer and of 2376W the prevalence of spotted fever, any further effort is to be made before the House rises to compel local bodies to force private owners of land near towns and villages to fence portions thereof used by the inhabitants for the deposit of insanitary rubbish?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI am about to issue a circular to all urban authorities in England and Wales urging them to do all in their power to prevent the accumulation of refuse in the neighbourhood of dwellings.