§ DR. COOPERI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been directed to the case (No. 7) of Lily Hobson, aged four months, the daughter of a carman, who died in the East London Hospital, and whose death was the subject of a coroner's inquest, the verdict returned being starvation due to want of proper food; whether he is aware that the mother applied for the admission of the child to the workhouse, but was refused unless the child was accompanied by the family; whether any inquiry has been made by Local Government Board of the Stepney Board of Guardians why the admission of the family was insisted upon; and whether these guardians have taken any steps to prevent a similar demand being made by their officers when the parents of other children requiring medical treatment and relief apply.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI made inquiry respecting this case, and I was informed that when the mother applied for the admission of the child to the workhouse, an order was given for the husband, wife and child, as she stated that they were going to be turned out that day. I am not able to say whether any special measures have been taken by the Guardians since the case occurred, but I am in communication with them on the subject.