§ 21. Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the case recently dealt with at Chesterfield Police Court, where a man and his wife were charged with neglecting their children, when it appeared that the family of seven lived in a shed that had previously been occupied by swine, there being no fireplace, chimney, ashpit, or drainage, for which they paid 3s. per week; and whether he will have the matter inquired into?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINMy attention had not previously been drawn to this case, but I am having inquiries made.
§ Colonel DAYIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the owner in this case was an overseer of the poor, and does he not think he ought to have been prosecuted?