§ SIR S. NORTHCOTE (Exeter)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board what action has been already taken by his Department in connection with the Newton Abbot Work-house inquiry; and what further action, if any, he proposes to take in this matter?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREAs the result of the inquiry into the complaints preferred by the late nurse of the Newton Abbot Workhouse, the Local Government Board have required the immediate resignation of the matron of the workhouse. The medical officer and some of the other officers of the workhouse have also tendered their resignations, but the Board have directed that the inquiry should be re-opened, with a view to the 40 fullest investigation of the whole administration of the workhouse.