§ Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the President of the Local Government Board how many children of school age have not yet been transferred from workhouses to scattered homes?
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§ Mr. BURNSThe "number of pauper children over three years of age and under sixteen who, on 1st July last, were maintained in institutions was 59,496, and, excluding those in infirm wards or receiving wards, the number of these children maintained in workhouses was 9,223, being 16 per cent. of the total number. The large majority, therefore were in other establishments, which include scattered homes and the various classes of separate schools and cottage homes.