HC Deb 22 May 1905 vol 146 cc944-5
SIR JOHN GORST (Cambridge University)

To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the number of children at present in the Metropolitan workhouses and workhouse infirmaries and in provincial workhouses and workhouse infirmaries respectively. (Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) On the 1st January, 1905, the latest date for which information is available, the

Number of children charge able to Poor Law unions in London. Number of children charge able to Poor Law unions in London. Total.
(A) Not including insane and idiots:—
1. In workhouses, other wise than in infirm wards 1,090 14,638 15,728
2. In infirm wards or infirmaries 1,878 4,069 5,947
(B) Insane and idiots in workhouses* 12 288 300
2,980 18,995 21,975
*There were also 736 children in the Imbecile Asylums belonging to the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District.