§ MR. HERBERT LEWIS (Flint Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state how many persons have been committed to inebriate homes under the Inebriates Act of 1898.
§ *MR. RITCHIEI can only give the number of persons received into inebriate reformatories—namely, up to the present time, 257.
§ MR. HERBERT LEWISCannot the right hon. Gentleman say how many-have been committed?
§ *MR. RITCHIENo, Sir, I am afraid not.