§ MR. TREVELYAN (Yorkshire, W.R., Elland)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state how many poor law children were in the infirmaries and workhouses of the Metropolis at the date when the last Returns were made up.
§ MR. WALTER LONGAccording to the latest Returns the numbers are as 1321 follows:—infirmaries, 1,693; workhouses, 1,448. Of these, however, 532 and 508 respectively are infants under two years of age.