§ MR. CLYNESTo ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state the number of unmarried women in the various Poor Law establishments in England and Wales, differentiating between England and the provinces, and the number of illegitimate children chargeable to the Poor Law.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) Particulars of the total number of unmarried women in receipt of relief in Poor Law establishments in England and Wales are not available. The total number of illegitimate children under sixteen years of age in receipt of relief on 1st January last was 6,735. The mothers relieved with them numbered 4,181, of whom 740 were chargeable to unions 1748 in London. The number of these cases in receipt of indoor relief has not been ascertained, but it no doubt comprised nearly all of them.