§ MR. C. NICHOLSON (Yorkshire, W.R., Doncaster)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state the average total weekly cost, and the average weekly cost per inmate, of the alcoholic liquors consumed in the workhouse and 587 infirmary of the West Ham Union respectively in each of the three years ending March, 1907.
| Workhouse. | |||||||
| Year ended March | Total cost for year. | Total average weekly cost. | Average weekly cost per inmate. | ||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | d. | |
| 1905 | 259 | 0 | 1½ | 5 | 1 | 4 | .625 |
| 1906 | 76 | 2 | 4½ | 1 | 5 | 1 | .125 |
| 1907 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 9 | .02 |
| Infirmary. | |||||||
| Year ended March | Total cost for year. | Total average weekly cost. | Average weekly cost per inmate. | ||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | d. | |
| 1905 | 638 | 7 | 0¼ | 12 | 5 | 6¼ | 5.1 |
| 1906 | 223 | 15 | 5¼ | 4 | 5 | 1¼ | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 92 | 4 | 0½ | 1 | 15 | 5½ | .625 |