§ Mr. AMMONasked the Minister of Health the numbers in receipt of poor relief for each month since the present Government came into office?
§ Sir K. WOODThe total number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief in England and Wales on the 1st November, 1924, and on the last Saturday in each month since that date is shown below:
Lunatics in, asylums, casuals and persons in, receipt of domiciliary medical relief only are excluded.
Date. Total number in receipt of Poor Law relief. 1st November, 1924 … 1,047,280 29th November, 1924 … 1,068,102 27th December, 1924 … 1,071,945 31st January, 1925 … 1,107,733 28th February, 1925 … 1,113,857 28th March, 1925 … 1,105,119 25th April, 1925 … 1,115,971 30th May, 1925 … 1,093,643 27th June, 1925 … 1,105,970 25th July, 1925 … 1,125,994 29th August, 1925 … 1,200,599 26th September, 1925 … 1,220,499 31st October, 1925 … 1,270,179 28th November, 1925 … 1,297,564 26th December, 1925 … 1,324,314 30th January, 1926 … 1,288,838 27th February, 1926 … 1,266,312 27th March, 1926 … 1,240,090 24th April, 1926 … 1,228,649 29th May, 1926 … 2,311,454 26th June, 1926 … 2,338,100 (approximate figure).