§ MR. BOORDasked the President of the Local Government Board, If any Correspondence has taken place between that Department and the War Office in reference to the nuisances arising from certain factories in the neighbourhood of Woolwich and Plumstead; and, if so, if he would have any objection to lay Copies of such Correspondence upon the Table of the House; and, if the attention of the Local Government Board is being directed to the subject?
§ MR. SCLATER BOOTH, in reply, said, there had been some Correspondence between the War Office and the Local Government Board upon the subject of these nuisances, but as the Correspondence was not yet completed it was 1408 not usual to have Copies of it laid upon the Table. The matter was still receiving the attention of the Local Government Board. He had received a letter only two or three days ago to the effect that the factories which had been the subject of the most grievous complaints were now taking steps to remedy the evil, and he trusted in a short time some progress in that direction would be made.