§ It is not possible to state the total number of inmates of workhouses for a year, as admissions only are recorded and the same person may be admitted several times during the year. The daily average numbers of persons relieved during the financial year 1905–6 were as follows —
| In workhouses | 42,906 |
| In extern hospitals, institutions, and district schools | 1,479 |
§ The following table shows the expenditure of boards of guardians for the same year under the heads specified—
| £ | |
| In-maintenance | 460,016 |
| Expenses of district, schools | 8,068 |
| Maintenance in institutions of blind, deaf and dumb, and idiots, and cost of relief in extern hospitals | 19,719 |
| Salaries and rations | 196,709 |
| Cost of medicines and medical appliances in workhouses | 10,190 |
| Superannuation | 20,807 |
| Repayment of loans | 23,248 |
| Other Expenses | 134,826 |
| Total | £873,583 |