§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the Report made to the Honiton Guardians that bodies of paupers are buried in unlined coffins filled with sawdust; and will he make representations to all boards of guardians that paupers' coffins in future should consist of a lining, pillow, and a shroud?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI have seen a newspaper cutting in connection with this matter from which it appears that the guardians have already decided to abandon the objectionable practice to which the question refers, I have no reason to think that the practice of other boarus of guardians is similarly open to criticism.