asked the President of the Local Government Board if any Poor Law infirmaries give or have recently given treatment of non-pauper patients; and, if so, whether any charge has been made for such treatment?

Cases are occasionally admitted to Poor Law infirmaries of persons who would not ordinarily be regarded as "paupers." Accident cases in particular are often admitted because the need of treatment is urgent, and there is no other hospital at hand. As regards the last part of the question, boards of guardians are empowered to recover, and do recover, the cost of treatment when the person relieved, or those liable for his support, are able to pay.

asked what sanitary authorities have, during the last three years for which figures are available, provided treatment for puerperal fever, erysipelas, scabies, pediculosis, whooping-cough, and measles?

I have not sufficient information for a reply to this question.

asked how many public health authorities provide gratuitously anti-toxin serum for diphtheria, and how many do not make such provision?

A large number of local authorities now provide antitoxin gratuitously, but I cannot give the exact number.

asked the number of district medical officers in England and Wales last year?

The number is 3,761.

asked how many Poor Law infirmaries have maternity wards?

One hundred and seventy-seven Poor Law infirmaries have maternity wards. Maternity cases elsewhere are treated in special wards at the workhouses.

asked if any and, if so, how many public health authorities have provided baths and disinfecting chambers for the cleansing and purifying of the bodies and clothing of persons infested with vermin or parasites?

Some local authorities have provided cleansing stations, but I have no information as to the actual number.

asked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he will have the Royal harbour of Ardglass dredged and otherwise improved before the beginning of the fishing season this year?

I understand that the fishing season at Ardglass commences about the 1st May. It would be impossible between the present and that date to carry out any works of improvement at Ardglass Harbour.