§ Mr. G. MACDONALDasked the Minister of Health the number of persons in receipt of relief from the public 1335W assistance committees, along with the amount paid, in the first week of March, 1930, and in the first week of each of the following months?
Month Number of persons in receipt of poor relief on the first Saturday of the month. Average number of persons in receipt of domiciliary relief during the month. Average weekly amount of relief in money and kind paid during the month to persons in receipt of domiciliary relief. Institutional Relief* Domiciliary relief excluding persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only)† 1930. £ March … 237,758 875,709 858,089 253,420 April … 226,785 741,814 736,621 211,878 May … 223,439 753,282 732,886 212,261 June … 218,723 72'2,320 720,547 210,327 July … 213,767 697,042 697,171 201,132 August … 215,538 707,986 709.985 203,105 September … 216,254 704,427 706,248 203,408 October … 215,719 716,577 Not available. * Excluding lunatics in county and borough asylums up to the passing of the Mental Treatment Act, 1930. After that date such persons are not deemed to be in receipt of poor relief. † The average number of persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only during the above months is approximately 12,000.