§ MR. JAMES HEATH (Staffordshire, N.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give a Return of the number of cases of lead poisoning in. earthenware and china works during the years 1.890 and 1900, with a statement in each case of the degree of seriousness of the ailment, and, wherever possible, the length of time for which the person was absent from work.
§ *MR. RITCHIEI will give a Return showing so far as possible the severity of the attack, the number of previous attacks and the nature of the principal symptoms; but I am afraid that it is not possible to show the length of time for which each person was absent from work.