§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Health whether he will inform the House of the number of male and female inspectors exclusively engaged in supervising and inspecting the casual wards of the workhouses of England?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThere is no inspector, male or female, exclusively engaged in the inspection of casual wards.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Health whether he is able to inform the House the number of workhouses on an average visited in the course of a day by one inspector; and whether he is aware that some of such visits consist of interviewing the master -of the workhouse only, and that frequently 504W visits are made to workhouses without the casual ward being inspected?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe number of visits paid by an inspector in the course of a day and the departments of the institution visited in each case must depend on the purpose of the visit. Not more than one inspection would usually be made in a day, and an inspection, as opposed to a visit for some special purpose, would extend to every part of the institution.