§ SIR M. BHOWNAGGREE (Bethnal Green, N.E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that on account of insufficient accommodation for imbecile children suffering from epilepsy, the guardians of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, were recently obliged to admit an imbecile child so afflicted into a private lunatic asylum; that the Middlesex County Asylum on being applied to previously had refused to receive this case owing to the over-crowded state of that asylum; and, if so, whether it is intended to take any immediate steps with a view to provide sufficient accommodation for such cases?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.I have made inquiry in this matter, and learn that the boy referred to is 8 years of age, that he was formerly an inmate of the Darenth Asylum, but was removed by his parents, and that when subsequently admitted to the Bethnal Green Workhouse the guardians found a difficulty in obtaining accommodation for him either at the asylums of the Metropolitan Asylums Board or of the Asylums Committee of the London County Council, and he has been sent to the Hoxton Licensed House. The managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District are considering the question of additional provision, and I understand that the London County Council are providing additional asylum accommodation.