§ MR. TREVELYANI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can say what number of boards of guardians board out the children chargeable to them within the union, and in how many cases the children are under voluntary committees of management, and in how many cases they depend solely upon inspection by the medical and relieving officers.
§ MR. CHAPLINOn the 1st January last 410 boards of guardians boarded out children within the union. In eighty-three unions voluntary committees have been authorised to board out children 292 within the union. Where there is no such committee it devolves upon the medical and relieving officers to make periodical visits and reports with respect to the children.