§ MR. ISAACS (Newington, Walworth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken by the Commissioners of Police for the Metropolis in regard to the supervision of the sanitary arrangements and drainage of common lodging houses throughout the Metropolitan district, in order that the advantages of "The Public Health (London) Act, 1891," may be secured to such premises in common with the rest of the houses in the Metropolis, the latter being under the sanitary care of the various Local Authorities?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS,) Birmingham, E.The Commissioner of Metropolitan Police is now in correspondence with the Local Government Board as to the steps to be taken to secure the necessary supervision of common lodging houses.