HC Deb 19 July 1929 vol 230 c787W
Mr. DAY

asked the Minister of Health, the number of children in England and Wales not suffering from sickness, accident, or bodily or mental infirmity between the ages of three and 14 who on 1st January, 1929, were in wards, other than sick wards, in general Poor Law institutions for longer than four weeks?

Mr. GREENWOOD

The exact information for which my hon. Friend asks is not available. The number of children in England and Wales not suffering from sickness, accident or bodily or mental infirmity, between three and 16 years of age, who, on 1st January, 1929, had been in wards other than sick wards of general Poor Law Institutions administered under the Poor Law Institutions Order, 1913, for longer that six weeks was 840.