Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Minister of Health, whether he is aware that the guardians of Henley-on-Thames and elsewhere in the county of Oxford permit their casual wards to be so overcrowded as to be indecent and unhealthy; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Sir K. WOODMy right hon. Friend gathers that this and some other questions which the hon. Member has put down are based upon articles which have recently been published in the newspapers. He has received from the author of these articles a report on his experiences which is now the subject of investigation by my right hon. Friend's officers.