§ Mr. WADSWORTHasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he will cause the scheme of the Bethnal Green guardians for securing prompt attention to urgent cases to be published, and request the inspector to see that it is properly carried out; will he ask the guardians of other Metropolitan unions to submit to the Local Government Board schemes for the same object; whether he is aware that, as the powers of overseers to give relief in case of sudden necessity have been transferred, in the Metropolis, to the borough councils, the right of the necessitous poor to apply to a justice of the peace for an order for relief in cases of sudden illness, or for an order for temporary relief, is incapable of being used; and whether the Local Government Board will authorise justices of the peace in the Metropolis to send orders to the relieving 54W officers instead of to the borough councils, or, if the Board has not power to do so, whether they will appoint the police officers in charge of the police stations assistant relieving officers, with power to give orders for medical relief, or provisional orders for the workhouse infirmary, in case of sudden illness, and a provisional order for the workhouse in cases of sudden necessity, or will the Board take steps to secure for persons in urgent need medical or workhouse relief, and for every application to relieving officers for relief being recorded in his application and report book?
§ Mr. BURNSI have been in communication with the Bethnal Green guardians on the subject of the hon. Member's previous question of the 12th March, and I am about to communicate with other London boards of guardians with a view to ensuring that due facilities are provided for prompt attention being given in urgent cases. The points to which he draws attention in the question will not be overlooked.