§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that improvers, such as boric acid, used by bakers to improve bread, results in dermatitis, a serious form of skin disease; and whether, in view of this danger to public health, he will consider the advisability of making an order prohibiting the use of such improvers by bakers?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe effect on the health of the consumer of the treatment of flour with "improvers" and other chemical substances is at present being investigated by a Departmental Committee, and pending their Report I could not entertain a proposal to make restrictive regulations. I may add that, so far as I am aware, boric acid is never added to flour.