§ MR. FLOWERTo ask the President of the Local Government Board 452 whether he will state the number of children in Metropolitan Poor Law schools, workhouses, and infirmaries respectively at the date of the last Return.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) According to the Returns for the second week in April the figures are as follows: District and separate Poor Law schools, 9,277; Infirmaries and sick asylums, 2,000; Workhouses, 1,367. 732 of the children in workhouses are less than three years old, while of those in infirmaries more than 750 are under that age.