§ SIR ERNEST FLOWER (Bradford, W.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the number of children at present accommodated in metropolitan district and separate Poor Law schools, metropolitan workhouses, and metropolitan infirmaries, respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The numbers on the 4th instant were as follows:—
| In district and separate schools (including 827 in scattered homes and 278 in separate receiving homes) | 10,902 |
| In workhouses | 1,342 |
| In infirmaries | 1,980 |