§ Mr. ELLIS DAVIESasked what proportion of the sum paid is outdoor relief is attributable to ill-health?
§ Mr. BURNSI am unable to say definitely what proportion of the expenditure on outdoor relief is attributable to ill-health, but according to the returns of pauperism on the 1st January in this year, more than two-thirds of the adults in receipt of outdoor relief on. that day were classed as being either not able-bodied, or as being relieved on account of the sickness, accident, or infirmity of themselves or their families. The recent Royal Commission, in the Majority Report, expressed the view that "one-half of the total cost of pauperism is swallowed up in direct dealing with sickness."