§ MR. L. HASLAM (Monmouth Boroughs)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state how many children in the Lambeth Poor Law school at Norwood have been, and are at present, affected by the recent outbreak at that school of diphtheria, scarlet fever, and whooping cough, respectively; and if any cases have as yet been fatal.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSMy hon. friend is, I think, under a misapprehension in this matter. I understand that, with the exception of six mild cases of whooping cough, five of whom are convalescent, there has been no recent outbreak of the diseases mentioned in the Question at the school, nor has there been any death from them. At present, there is not a single case of diphtheria or scarlet fever in the school.