§ MR. CHARLES W. GRAY (Essex, Maldon)asked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether he will inquire into the cases of Philpots and wife, and Edwards and wife, aged paupers of the Hastings Workhouse, who against their wishes are separated; and, if the Local Government Board will consider the advisability of taking steps to alter a long-existing arrangement at the infirmary of the Halstead (Essex) Workhouse, by which invalids, both on the male and on the female side, are placed in a small day ward with idiots and imbeciles?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)I will inquire into the circumstances of the case, and if the Guardians have not provided proper accommodation I will see that the matter is attended to. I have at present no information as to the arrangement alluded to, at the Halstead Workhouse; but the matter will receive my attention.