§ 39. Sir T. Mooreasked the Minister of Health the total number of local authorities in England and Wales responsible for the administration of public health services; and which of these authorities have applied for scabies to be scheduled as a notifiable condition.
§ Mr. BevanThe number of local authorities in England and Wales with general powers under the Public Health Act, 1936, is 1,468. Sixty of them, of which I give particulars below, have made 119W scabies a notifiable condition in their areas. The particulars are as follows:
County Boroughs
Bournemouth, Gateshead, Norwich, Salford, York.
Metropolitan Boroughs (28): All.
City of London.
Boroughs
Barking, Bexley, Boston, Cambridge, Dartford, Poole, Tottenham, Wanstead and Woodford, Weymouth.
Urban Districts
Barnet, Burgess Hill, Chigwell, Chislehurst and Sidcup, Crayford, Crook and Willington, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Northfleet, Orpington, Portland, Seaham, Swanscombe.
Rural Districts
Boston, Cuckfield, Dartford, Sedgefield.