§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the fact that an inspector from the Scottish National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, after a recent visit to townships in the Island of Lewis, described a large proportion of the children as underfed and ill-clad; and, in view of the recommendations contained in the Report on Physical Deterioration, and the alarming increase of phthisis in the insanitary houses of the Lews, will he consider the expediency of directing the Local Government Board's medical inspector to report on the physical condition of the children of the Lews.
§ MR. SINCLAIRMy attention has been called to the report referred to. The feeding and clothing of some of the children, while not all that could be desired, are under the circumstances reasonably good. All possible steps through the schools and otherwise will be taken to raise the general standard of living.