HC Deb 30 March 1908 vol 187 c69
DR. AMBROSE

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the amount spent on relief of the poor in Ireland during each of the three years 1905–6, 1906–7, and 1907–8, dividing it into the amount spent on outdoor relief, the amount spent on indoor relief, the amount spent on

1904–5. 1905–6. 1906–7.
£ £ £
In maintenance 455,511 460,016 457,721
Out-relief 209,054 228,870 214,719
Expenses of district schools 7,398 8,068 7,658
Maintenance of blind, deaf and dumb, and idiots in institutions and cost of relief in extern hospitals 20,431 19,719 20,888
Emigration 42 20 49
Salaries and rations of officers 199,713 198,709 205,653
Cost of medicines and medical, &c., appliances in workhouses 11,825 10,190 10,811
Other expenses 121,697 134,826 124,419
Total 1,025,671 1,058,418 1,041,918