§ DR. BREWERsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he has any information on which he can rely of the large and still increasing number of infants who are alleged to be buried as "still-born;" and whether, it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to render registration of the burial of such children in all cases compulsory?
MR. BRUCEsaid, in reply, that he was afraid the information possessed by the Home Department on this subject was defective. The only answer he could give to the Question of his hon. Friend was that this subject formed an important part of the inquiry being carried on by the Sanitary Commission, the members of which were prosecuting their labours with a view to remedy the defects in the Act.