§ Mr. Denvilleasked the Minister of Health why, on the outbreak of war, the fee allowed to medical practitioners for the notification of infectious diseases was reduced to less than half; and whether any similar reductions were made in other branches of the health services?
§ Mr. ElliotI think my hon. Friend is under some misapprehension. No alteration has been made in the fee payable in respect of any infectious disease made notifiable by the Public Health Acts. When at the outbreak of war new regulations were made requiring the notification of measles and whooping cough the fee for the notification of these diseases was fixed at one shilling, which appeared to me to be adequate having regard to the848W number of notifications likely to be given. No similar question has arisen in regard to other health services.