HC Deb 12 July 1928 vol 219 c2437
28. Miss LAWRENCE (for Mr. LANSBURY)

asked the Minister

In receipt of Institutional Relief. In receipt of Domiciliary Relief.
Name of Poor Law Union. Number of men not suffering from sickness, accident or bodily or mental infirmity on the night of the 1st January, 1928. Average number of men returned as ordinarily engaged in some regular occupation during the undermentioned months.
April, 1928. May, 1928.
Paddington 208 185 155
Kensington 243 8 8
Hammersmith 207 241 219
Fulham 4 100 81
Chelsea 170 17 14
City of Westminster 903 6 2
St Marylebone 262 88 82
Hampstead 29 15 27
St Pancras 568 476 433
Islington 475 459 353
Hackney 418 706 598
Holborn 363 273 255
City of London 29 2 1
Shoreditch 253 1,215 1,111
Bethnal Green 169 2,111 1,909
Stepney 758 2,081 1,833
Poplar Borough 559 3,848 3,450
Soothwark 861 1,255 1,140
Bermondsey 290 2,486 2,194
Lambeth 339 261 175
Wandsworth 192 579 458
Camberwell 267 605 494
Greenwich 272 2,000 1,755
Lewisham 48 319 298
Woolwich 59 918 831
Figures distinguishing the number of "able-bodied" persons as such are not now available.
The returns made to my Department do not distinguish the number of persons dependent on the men above-mentioned from the total number of dependent persons.