§ Mr. SCURRasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the danger to the public, especially 1637W children, of Vallance Road, White-chapel, particularly where a school, a feeding centre, and a hospital converge; and whether he will take steps to arrange for better regulation of the heavy traffic by the police, especially when the children are going to and from the school and the feeding centre?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONI am informed by the Commissioner of Police that the traffic in this street, us elsewhere, has greatly increased in recent years. Arrangements are made to secure that, as far as possible, police officers shall be on duty to supervise dangerous crossings in the vicinity of schools when children are entering or leaving, but owing to the largo number of schools it is not always possible to spare constables for this purpose, having regard to the other duties of the police. In a densely populated neighbourhood where there are. numerous children, and very few places where they can play, except in the streets, it is impossible for the police to prevent accidents occurring and it does not appear that the posting of a constable at the spot indicated would have prevented such accidents as have unfortunately occurred of late.