asked the Minister of Health whether he has received a communication from the Clerk to the Poplar Guardians, enclosing a letter from a resident in the union, stating that the writer together with his wife and three children are living in one room, that the family consists of a boy aged 10 and two girls aged 12 and 16 years, that in the house there are in all three families, 12 children and 6 adults, that the room occupied by the man, wife, and three children is 9 feet by 12 feet, that one child is sick; is it a fact that this man asked for accommodation in the workhouse in order that his children might be spared the indecency of living and sleeping under such conditions; and what steps does he propose to take to assist boards of guardians in dealing with such cases?