§ MR. HADDOCK (Lancashire, North Lonsdale)To ask the President of the Local Government Board, what was the number of able-bodied paupers in health and not in health, respectively, in the various Poor Law institutions in England and Wales for July, 1907.
§ MR. HADDOCKTo ask the President of the Local Government Board, what was the number of able-bodied paupers aged sixteen to twenty-five, twenty-five to forty, fifty and upwards, respectively, in the various Poor Law institutions, in health and not in health, for the month of July, 1907.
1196 (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) Perhaps I may conveniently reply to these two Questions together. On 1st July, 1907, the number of able bodied adult paupers in health (including men and women) receiving indoor relief was 14,264. The number of able-bodied adults receiving indoor relief on that date who were sick or temporarily disabled was 26,581 (see page vi. of the published Return, No. 108 I., of 1907.) In the half-yearly Returns children are distinguished from the adults, but the adults are not classified in age-groups. The latest Return in which particulars are given of various age-groups, so as to distinguish the old from the young and from those in middle life, is the special Return, No. 113, of Session 1904. That Return, however, did not follow the grouping mentioned in the Question.