§ MR. COHEN (Islington, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he could state to the House what is the number of patients suffering from small-pox, diphtheria, and scarlet fever who were refused admission owing to want of space in the hospitals controlled by the Metropolitan Asylums Board during the month of June last; and if he will grant a Return of such refusals during each of the 12 months from July, 1892, to June, 1893?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER, Wolverhampton, E.)The Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District inform me that no small-pox cases have been refused admission to the asylums for many years past. As regards patients suffering from scarlet fever or diphtheria, I learn that the information asked for could not be obtained without a laborious and lengthy analysis of all the applications which have been received, as no system of registration has been adopted; and, further, that if a Return were prepared it would not accurately represent the actual number of patients refused admission, as applications are made by different persons for the same patient, and applications are repeated with respect to the same person on different days.