§ MR. LAWSON (St. Pancras, W.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is true that the Governors of the Foundling Hospital have leased to a builder, as a site for artizans' dwellings, a plot of land of about 550 square yards, upon which is the court known as Poplar Place, St. Pancras; and, whether, if so, considering the excessive crowding of the adjoining alleys, and the fact that in this group of houses the death rate is abnormally high, it would be possible to prevent the erection of buildings upon this land, and to cause it to be preserved as a public playground or yard?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.), in reply, said, he had received no official information upon the matter; but he intended to cause an inquiry to be made.