§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health if he will consider the introduction of legislation to prevent persons in control of children, as, for example, headmasters and managers of schools, from permitting them when in an in fectious condition to enter public vehicles or go into public places at the risk of spreading infection?
§ Sir K. WOODProvision is already made in Section 126 of the Public Health Act, 1875, for preventing the exposure, without proper precautions, in public places and public conveyances of children suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder. Similar provisions as regards London are contained in Sections 68 and 70 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and there are numerous supplementary provisions on this subject contained in local Acts. The question of introducing further legislation dealing generally with the matter will be considered in connection with the proposed amendment of the Public Health Acts.