§ MR. PURVIS (Peterborough)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state the number of homes established under the Inebriates Acts, 1898 and 1899; what is the present capacity of such homes; and the total number of inmates on 31st March last.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS-DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sUnder the Inebriates Acts, 1898 and 1899, two State inebriate reformatories, and twelve certified inebriate reformatories, had been established prior to the 31st March last. These institutions contained 1,112 available beds and 876 inmates on the date mentioned. Two hundred of the unoccupied beds were in newly established institutions. Another certified reformatory, with accommodation for eighty persons, has just been opened. Besides these reformatories, which are for persons committed from the Courts, there are nineteen retreats licensed under the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879, which provide accommodation for 54t voluntary cases.