§ 59. Brigadier-General BROOKEasked the Minister of Health the number of persons admitted to the vagrancy wards of the country during the last 12 months, as compared with 1919 and 1913: and the total cost in each year of such, accommodation?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am sending my hon. and gallant Friend some figures, enabling a comparison to be made as to the numbers of casual paupers in the years referred to, but I regret that neither the total number of admissions to casual wards nor the cost of maintaining the wards can be given.
§ Mr. MARCHWould not the right hon. Gentleman have these figures inserted in the OFFICIAL REPORT, as well as sending them to the hon. Member?
§ Following are the figures:
| NUMBER OF CASUALS RELIEVED in England and Wales on the last Friday night in each of the four quarters of the years ending in September, 1925, 1919 and 1913. | |||||
| Last Friday in the quarter ending. | 1925 | 1919 | 1913 | ||
| December | … | … | 6,973 | 1,091 | 8,126 |
| March | … | … | 8,244 | 1,256 | 9,153 |
| June | … | … | 7,351 | 1,516 | 5,563 |
| September | … | … | 8,699 | 1,857 | 7,279 |