§ Sir J. REMNANTasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the representations of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, the British Medical Association, and others relative to the inadequate charges authorised by the Ministry for the bacteriological examination of the various grades of milk under Statutory Rules and Orders, 1922, No. 1332, Dairy England, and Circulars of Ministry of Health, No. 335, 28th August, 1922, and 356, 12th December, 1922, necessitating, as it does, the services of a skilled bacteriologist and the provision of the necessary material: and will he inquire into this?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI have received representations as to the fee proposed for the examinations of samples of milk which are required under the Orders referred to in the question. I am advised that the work in question is of a routine character and that the cost per sample should not exceed the amount which has been suggested where arrangements are made at a laboratory for dealing with the considerable volume of samples which may be expected to result from the scheme of milk grading.