§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Minister of Health the number receiving public assistance in the Swansea area at the end of September, 1931, and the number for the latest available date; and the number per 10,000 inhabitants for each of these dates, respectively?
Sir H. YOUNGThe number of persons in receipt of poor relief in the county borough of Swansea (excluding rate-aided patients in mental hospitals, persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only and casuals) on Saturday, 2Gth September, 1931, was 5,720 and on Saturday, 7th May, 1932, 6,400. These numbers are equivalent to 346 and 392 respectively per 10,000 of the population.