HC Deb 25 April 1901 vol 92 cc1320-1
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 LONG

According to the latest Returns the numbers are as follows:—infirmaries, 1,693; workhouses, 1,448. Of these, however, 532 and 508 respectively are infants under two years of age.