§ Old Age Pensioners (Poor Relief).
§ At the 31st December, 1938, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 2,380,913 persons in England and Wales in receipt of old age pensions under the Old Age Pensions Act and the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act.
§ The number of old age pensioners in receipt of poor relief in England and Wales during the week ending nth March, 1939, was 265,493. Of this number 29,439 were in receipt of relief in institutions, and 236,054 were in receipt of outdoor relief.
§ The following statement shows for each administrative county and county borough in England and Wales (i) the number of old age pensioners in receipt of outdoor poor relief during the week ending nth March, 1939, (ii) the number of dependants of those persons, (iii) the total cost of out-relief in money and kind granted to those old age pensioners and their dependants during that week, and (iv) certain other particulars.
3017W| Administrative Counties and County Boroughs. | Week ending nth March, 1939. | Estimated annual cost of out-relief in money or in kind to old age pensioners and their dependants falling to be met out of rates and the Block Grants.* | ||||
| Number of old age pensioners to whom out-relief in money and kind was granted during the week. | Number of dependants of persons in Col. 1 other than those who are themselves in receipt of old age pensions. | Total cost of out-relief in money or in kind granted to persons accounted for in Cols. 2 and 3. | Amount. | Equivalent rate in the pound. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE | ||||||
| COUNTIES—contd. | £ | £ | s. | d. | ||
| England—contd. | ||||||
| Lincoln: | ||||||
| Parts of Holland | 330 | 83 | 101 | 5,266 | 3 . 9 | |
| Parts of Kesteven | 447 | 146 | 159 | 8,291 | 4 . 5 | |
| Parts of Lindsey | 1,115 | 305 | 359 | 18,719 | 4 . 0 | |
| London | 26,696 | 2,455 | 11,444 | 596,723 | 2 . 4 | |
| Middlesex | 7.244 | 895 | 3,875 | 202,052 | 2 . 5 | |
| Norfolk | 1,543 | 480 | 644 | 33,580 | 7 . 4 | |
| Northampton | 627 | 110 | 175 | 9,125 | 2 . 1 | |
| Northumberland | 2,120 | 568 | 672 | 35,040 | 4 . 2 | |
| Nottingham | 2,460 | 527 | 887 | 46,251 | 5 . 2 | |
| Oxford | 351 | 122 | 109 | 5,690 | 2 . 2 | |
| Peterborough, Soke of | 195 | 39 | 79 | 4,119 | 3.0 | |
| Rutland | 54 | 15 | 17 | 886 | 2 . 6 | |
| Salop | 956 | 319 | 286 | 14,913 | 3 . 3 | |
| Somerset | 1,573 | 337 | 442 | 23,047 | 2 . 3 | |
| Southampton | 903 | 208 | 340 | 17,729 | 1 . 2 | |
| Stafford | 1,683 | 430 | 439 | 22,891 | 1 . 9 | |
| Suffolk, East | 502 | 187 | 217 | 11,315 | 2 . 8 | |
| Suffolk, West | 498 | 11 | 179 | 9,334 | 5 . 4 | |
| Surrey | 2,286 | 333 | 894 | 46,616 | 0 . 9 | |
| Sussex, East | 640 | 98 | 229 | 11,941 | 1 . 0 | |
| Sussex, West | 475 | 131 | 179 | 9,334 | 0 . 9 | |
| Warwick | 1,036 | 168 | 348 | 18,146 | 1 . 8 | |
| Westmorland | 132 | 36 | 50 | 2,607 | 1 . 6 | |
| Wight, Isle of | 307 | 81 | 131 | 6,842 | 2 . 6 | |
| Wilts | 668 | 248 | 325 | 11,732 | 1 . 8 | |
| Worcester | 948 | 222 | 293 | 15.278 | 2 . 4 | |
| York: | ||||||
| East Riding | 713 | 142 | 252 | 13,140 | 3 . 7 | |
| North Riding | 1,470 | 415 | 613 | 31,969 | 4 . 7 | |
| West Riding | 9,383 | 1,810 | 4,228 | 220,460 | 7 . 8 | |
| WALES (with Mon-mouth): | ||||||
| Anglesey | 395 | 79 | 108 | 5.631 | 8 . 8 | |
| Brecknock | 449 | 161 | 179 | 9.307 | 8 . 9 | |
| Caernarvon | 962 | 248 | 418 | 21,796 | 9 . 3 | |
| Cardigan | 212 | 42 | 66 | 3.441 | 5 . 2 | |
| Carmarthen | 857 | 197 | 275 | 14.339 | 6 . 9 | |
| Denbigh | 1,113 | 272 | 356 | 18,563 | 6 . 2 | |
| Flint | 673 | 151 | 226 | 11,784 | 4 . 9 | |
| Glamorgan | 10,877 | 2,235 | 4,203 | 219,156 | 1 | 9 . 8 |
| Merioneth | 168 | 27 | 54 | 2,816 | 4 . 4 | |
| Monmouth | 4.869 | 1,057 | 1,868 | 97,403 | 2 | 0 . 5 |
| Montgomery | 230 | 63 | 64 | 3,337 | 5. .0 | |
| Pembroke | 421 | 103 | 111 | 5,788 | 5 . 7 | |
| Radnor | 91 | 28 | 32 | 1,669 | 2 . 1 | |
| COUNTY BOUROUGHS. | ||||||
| ENGLAND: | ||||||
| Barnsley | 792 | 170 | 342 | 17,833 | 1 | 0 ..6 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 531 | 97 | 196 | 10,239 | 6 . 8 | |
| Bath | 254 | 27 | 90 | 4,693 | 1 . 9 | |
| Birkenhead | 1,158 | 192 | 439 | 22,891 | 6 . 0 | |
| Birmingham | 4,458 | 662 | 2,126 | 110,856 | 4 . 0 |
| Administrative Counties and County Boroughs. | Week ending nth March, 1939. | Estimated annual cost of out-relief in money or in kind to old age pensioners and their dependants falling to be met out of rates and the Block Grants.* | ||||
| Number of old age pensioners to whom out-relief in money and kind was granted during the week. | Number of dependants of persons in Col. 1 other than those who are themselves in receipt of old age pensions. | Total cost of out-relief in money or in kind granted to persons accounted for in Cols. 2 and 3 | Amount. | Equivalent rate in the pound. | ||
| 1 | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |
| COUNTY BOROUGHS—contd. | £ | £ | s. | d. | ||
| ENGLAND—contd. | ||||||
| Blackburn | 1,095 | 113 | 340 | 17,729 | 6.4 | |
| Blackpool | 319 | 41 | 97 | 5,058 | 0.8 | |
| Bolton | 1,130 | 105 | 464 | 24,194 | 6.1 | |
| Bootle | 682 | 111 | 214 | 11,159 | 5.7 | |
| Bournemouth | 443 | 67 | 186 | 9,699 | 1.3 | |
| Bradford | 2,038 | 218 | 883 | 46,042 | 5.8 | |
| Brighton | 905 | 84 | 292 | 15,226 | 2.1 | |
| Bristol | 2,212 | 368 | 926 | 48,284 | 3.6 | |
| Burnley | 823 | 107 | 267 | 13,922 | 6.5 | |
| Burton-upon-Trent | 139 | 10 | 31 | 1,1516 | 1.4 | |
| Bury | 346 | 44 | 106 | 5,527 | 3.8 | |
| Canterbury | 84 | 14 | 28 | 1,460 | 1.6 | |
| Carlisle | 260 | 39 | 96 | 5,006 | 3.2 | |
| Chester | 184 | 37 | 65 | 3,389 | 2.2 | |
| Coventry | 651 | 103 | 298 | 15,539 | 2.7 | |
| Croydon | 1,139 | 170 | 507 | 26,436 | 2.8 | |
| Darlington | 229 | 64 | 64 | 3,337 | 1.6 | |
| Derby | 947 | 81 | 419 | 21,848 | 6.1 | |
| Dewsbury | 340 | 43 | 123 | 6,414 | 5.3 | |
| Doncaster | 298 | 88 | 93 | 4,849 | 2.3 | |
| Dudley | 255 | 63 | 78 | 4,067 | 3.8 | |
| Eastbourne | 350 | 46 | 118 | 6,153 | 1.7 | |
| East Ham | 892 | 153 | 338 | 17,624 | 5.8 | |
| Exeter | 198 | 29 | 57 | 2,972 | 1.1 | |
| Gateshead | 1,245 | 285 | 452 | 23,553 | 11.1 | |
| Gloucester | 62 | 27 | 18 | 961 | 0.6 | |
| Great Yarmouth | 481 | 91 | 136 | 7,116 | 5.5 | |
| Grimsby | 903 | 190 | 230 | 11,993 | 6.3 | |
| Halifax | 326 | 28 | 97 | 5,058 | 2.2 | |
| Hastings | 276 | 26 | 94 | 4,901 | 1.6 | |
| Huddersfield | 502 | 50 | 217 | 11,315 | 3.1 | |
| Ipswich | 625 | 124 | 264 | 13,766 | 5.8 | |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | 3.549 | 519 | 1,795 | 93,596 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Leeds | 3,713 | 475 | 2,045 | 106,632 | 7.6 | |
| Leicester | 1,338 | 141 | 493 | 25,706 | 3.3 | |
| Lincoln | 1,090 | 113 | 554 | 28,887 | 1 | 4.5 |
| Liverpool | 7.564 | 1.405 | 2,290 | 119,393 | 4.8 | |
| Manchester | 6,779 | 897 | 3,888 | 202,731 | 8.2 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1,055 | 214 | 339 | 17,676 | 6.6 | |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | 2,582 | 474 | 1,030 | 53,707 | 5.3 | |
| Northampton | 647 | 57 | 218 | 11,367 | 3.8 | |
| Norwich | 1,104 | 182 | 465 | 24,246 | 8.1 | |
| Nottingham | 2,897 | 372 | 1,128 | 58,826 | 7.4 | |
| Oldham | 1,105 | 139 | 422 | 22,004 | 8.5 | |
| Oxford | 97 | 16 | 35 | 1,825 | 0.5 | |
| Plymouth | 1,169 | 172 | 430 | 22,421 | 3.2 | |
| Portsmouth | 1,018 | 108 | 348 | 18,146 | 2.5 | |
| Preston | 590 | 83 | 204 | 10,637 | 3.9 | |
| Reading | 621 | 84 | 292 | 15,226 | 4.5 | |
| Rochdale | 691 | 80 | 193 | 10,064 | 4.8 | |
| Rotherham | 952 | 180 | 451 | 23,516 | 1 | 2.4 |
| St. Helens | 941 | 172 | 300 | 15 643 | 3.7 | |
| Salford | 1,513 | 180 | 815 | 37,833 | 9.1 | |
| Sheffield | 5,155 | 837 | 2,259 | 117,79I | 9.6 |
| Administrative Counties and County Boroughs. | Week ending 11th March, 1939. | Estimated annual cost of out-relief in money or in kind to old age pensioners and their dependants falling to be met out of rates and the Block Grants.* | ||||
| Number of old age pensioners to whom out-relief in money and kind was granted during the week. | Number of dependants of persons in Col. 1 other than those who are themselves in receipt of old age pensions. | Total cost of out-relief in money or in kind granted to persons accounted for in Cols. 2 and 3. | Amount. | Equivalent rate in the pound. | ||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |
| COUNTY BOROUGHS—cont. | £ | £ | s. | d. | ||
| ENGLAND—cont. | ||||||
| Smethwick | 405 | 55 | 210 | 10,950 | 7.0 | |
| Southampton | 1,366 | 223 | 470 | 24,507 | 4.0 | |
| Southend-on-Sea | 871 | 94 | 403 | 21,019 | 3.5 | |
| Southport | 329 | 26 | 117 | 6,101 | 1.6 | |
| South Shields | 1,090 | 258 | 431 | 22,474 | 10.7 | |
| Stockport | 737 | 31 | 265 | 13,802 | 4.0 | |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 1.856 | 331 | 602 | 31,390 | 6.8 | |
| Sunderland | 2,753 | 532 | 1,197 | 62,415 | 1 | 5.0 |
| Tynemouth | 508 | 97 | 152 | 7,915 | 5.3 | |
| Wakefield | 615 | 98 | 272 | 14,171 | 9.9 | |
| Wallasey | 481 | 84 | 158 | 8,239 | 2.4 | |
| Walsall | 710 | 137 | 290 | 15,145 | 7.5 | |
| Warriagton | 597 | 48 | 253 | 13,192 | 8.8 | |
| West Bromwich | 447 | 69 | 159 | 8,276 | 5.8 | |
| West Ham | 2,480 | 317 | 917 | 47,815 | 8.2 | |
| West Hartlepool | 769 | 190 | 277 | 14,444 | 10.7 | |
| Wigan | 762 | 138 | 231 | 12,045 | 7.3 | |
| Wolverhampton | 843 | 139 | 305 | 15,904 | 4.4 | |
| Worcester | 141 | 22 | 36 | 1,877 | 1.3 | |
| York | 467 | 80 | 148 | 7,717 | 3.1 | |
| WALES: | ||||||
| Cardiff | 2,247 | 388 | 838 | 43,696 | 5.9 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 1,775 | 360 | 642 | 33,476 | 3 | 4.8 |
| Newport (Mon.) | 650 | 162 | 226 | 11,784 | 4.2 | |
| Swansea | 1,410 | 232 | 457 | 23,829 | 5.9 | |
| SUMMARY. | ||||||
| ENGLAND (excluding Monmouth): | ||||||
| London | 26,696 | 2,455 | 11,444 | 596,723 | 2.4 | |
| Other Administrative Counties | 89,990 | 18,752 | 36,486 | 1,902,529 | 3.4 | |
| County Boroughs | 91,969 | 14,036 | 37,678 | 1,959,996 | 5.4 | |
| Total | 208,655 | 35,243 | 85,608 | 4,459,248 | 3.8 | |
| WALES (with mon-mouth) | ||||||
| Administrative Counties | 21,317 | 4663 | 7,960 | 415,030 | 1 | 2.1 |
| County Boroughs | 6,082 | 1,142 | 2,163 | 112,785 | 7.5 | |
| Total | 27.399 | 5,805 | 10,123 | 527,815 | 11.9 | |
| ENGLAND AND WALES: | ||||||
| London | 26,696 | 2,455 | 11,444 | 596,723 | 2.4 | |
| Other Administrative Counties | 111,307 | 23,415 | 44,446 | 2,317,559 | 3.9 | |
| County Boroughs | 98,051 | 15,178 | 39,841 | 2,072,781 | 5.5 | |
| Total | 236,054 | 41,048 | 95,731 | 4,987,063 | 4.1 | |
| * For the purposes of the estimates in Cols. 5 and 6 it has been assumed that the weekly cost of out-relief to old age pensioners and their dependants, as shown by the figures relating to the week ending nth March, 1939, represents a true average of the weekly cost throughout a period of twelve months. In point of fact, the out-relief granted during that week to the household of an old age pensioner often included an extra winter allowance and it is estimated that the actual annual cost of out-relief to old age pensioners and their dependants is in the region of £4,500,000. |