asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the case recently dealt with at Chesterfield Police Court, where a man and his wife were charged with neglecting their children, when it appeared that the family of seven lived in a shed that had previously been occupied by swine, there being no fireplace, chimney, ashpit, or drainage, for which they paid 3s. per week; and whether he will have the matter inquired into?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:

My attention had not previously been drawn to this case, but I am having inquiries made.

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the owner in this case was an overseer of the poor, and does he not think he ought to have been prosecuted?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:

I have said that I am having inquiries made.