§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Home Secretary the number of whole-time and part-time inspectors employed at the present time by the Home Office under the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876; and their names and their qualifications for the post?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThere are at present two whole-time inspectors under the Act, namely, Dr. J. A. Giles, M.B., B.S., D.P.H., and Lieut.-Colonel P. S. Lelean, C.B., C.M.G., F.R.C.S. Dr. Giles was for many years before the War Medical Officer of Health at Wallsend-on-Tyne. He served in the Royal Army Medical Service from 1916 to 1918, and in 1918 was appointed Advisory Sanitary Officer to the Air Ministry. Colonel Lelean served in the Royal Army Medical Corps for 21 years with distinction. During the last 2½ years of his Army service he was Professor of Hygiene in the Royal Army Medical College.