36. Mr. PRICEasked the Minister of Health the number receiving public assistance in the West Riding of Yorkshire area at the end of September, 1931; the number receiving public assistance at the latest available date; and the number per 10,000 of the population on the respective dates?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe number of persons in receipt of poor relief in the geographical county of the West Riding of Yorkshire (excluding rate-aided patients in mental hospitals, persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only and casuals) on Saturday, the 26th September, 1931, was 110,878, and on Saturday, 7th May, 1932, was 137,262. These numbers are equivalent to 328 and 406, respectively, per 10,000 of the population.