§ MR. THORNE (West Ham, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, if he will state the number of poor people that were relieved both indoor and outdoor, by the West Ham Guardians for the years ending March, 1904, 1905, and 1906.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. JOHN BURNS,) BatterseaThe official Returns give the number of paupers relieved on the 1st January and the 1st July in each year. They do not show the precise number relieved during any particular year. The mean, however of the numbers relieved in the West Ham Union on the 1st January in each of the years referred to in the Question and on the preceding 1st July, exclusive of lunatics in asylums, etc., is as follows:—Indoor paupers—3,382 in 1904, 3,642 in 1905, and 3,819 in 1906. Outdoor paupers 10,120 in 1904, 16,320 in 1905, and 14,029 in 1906.
§ MR. THORNEIs it not possible to give the figures I ask for?
§ MR. JOHN BURNSIt would be very difficult to get the figures, and they could not be secured without a great deal of trouble on the part of the local board of guardians. But if the hon. Member wishes it, I will enter into communication with the West Ham Board of Guardians and give him as complete and detailed a list as possible.
§ MR. THORNEI will accept that.