| Average number of persons in receipt of poor relief, excluding rate-aided patients in mental hospitals, persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only and casuals. | ||||||
| Year ended 31st March. | Durham Administrative County. | Sunderland County Borough. | Gateshead County Borough. | South Shields County Borough. | ||
| 1931 | … | … | 48,594 | 8,680 | 6,435 | 3,879 |
| 1932 | … | … | 53,042 | 8,824 | 7,138 | 3,736 |
| 1933 | … | … | 62,957 | 10,785 | 8,929 | 4,096 |
| 1934 | … | … | 64,445 | 12,319 | 9,623 | 4,241 |
| 1935 | … | … | 67,672 | 14,313 | 10,421 | 4,551 |
| 1936 | … | … | 67,900 | 15,902 | 9,805 | 4,706 |
| Expenditure on poor relief on revenue account not met out of specific income (excluding expenditure on rate-aided patients in mental hospitals). | ||||||
| Year ended 31st March. | Durham Administrative County. | Sunderland County Borough. | Gateshead County Borough. | South Shields County Borough. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| 1931 | … | … | 891,418 | 190,235 | 134,473 | 87,282 |
| 1932 | … | … | 944,641 | 168,721 | 142,389 | 81,404 |
| 1933 | … | … | 1,085,569 | 192,641 | 167,025 | 86,881 |
| 1934 | … | … | 1,145,752 | 217,078 | 177,392 | 85,322 |
| 1935 | … | … | 1,259,997 | 266,721 | 194,803 | 91,606 |
| 1936 | … | … | 1,128,894 | 272,917 | 156,959 | 102,694 |
| NOTE.—Expenditure met out of the grants under the Unemployment Assistance Acts, which have been paid in respect of the period 1st March, 1935, to 31st March, 1936, is not included in the second part of the statement, but the persons in respect of whom the grants were payable are included in the first part. |