§ 64. Mr. CLOUGHasked the Minister of Health whether he. can supply the House with any figures showing the number of ex-service men who have been admitted to the casual wards of the workhouses of the country in each month of the present year; and whether any instructions have been issued to boards of guardians to treat these men as sympathetically as possible?
§ Dr. ADDIS0NI am afraid I have not this information. I am sending the hon. Member copies of the circular letters issued in this connection.
§ Mr. CLOUGHWill the right hon. Gentleman forthwith issue instructions to all boards of guardians that every ex-service man who is so unfortunate as to be compelled to ask for temporary help from Poor Law authorities shall receive the most sympathetic and generous treatment?
§ Mr. SEXTONMay I ask whether, in the opinion of the right hon. Gentleman, workhouses, with a pauper taint attached, are fit places for heroes to live in?
§ Dr. ADDISONIt is very lamentable if there are any cases of that kind. I think that the circulars to which I have referred will answer the question of my hon. Friend (Mr. Clough).