SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston.)To ask the President of the 688 Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the case of the child named Albert Algage, who was returned to the Westminster Union from the St. Giles' Receiving Home with marks of injury on the face and limbs; whether he has received evidence to satisfy him that the injuries were not due to punishment or to want of proper care and supervision; and, if not, whether he will order an inquiry into the treatment of the child while an inmate of the Receiving Home.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) I am aware of this case, and the inspector of the district has made investigation with regard to it. As a result he reports that the bruises were not in his opinion due to punishment or to want of proper care and supervision, and that in all probability they were caused by the child himself. I do not think that any further inquiry is needed.