Outdoor and Indoor Relief (Scotland). (Hansard, 7 August 1912)

HC Deb 07 August 1912 vol 41 c3202W 3202W

Captain MURRAY
asked the Secretary: for Scotland whether the number of persons in Scotland, aged seventy and over, who were in receipt of outdoor and indoor relief, respectively, on each of the dates 1st January, 1909, 1st January, 1910, 1st January, 1911, and 1st January, 1912?

Mr. MCKINNON WOOD
The number of persons in Scotland, aged seventy and over, who were in receipt of outdoor and indoor relief are as follows:—

Outdoor. Indoor.

15th January, 1910 … 12,519 2,870

15th January, 1911 … 3,094 2,375

15th January, 1912 … 2,881^* 2,336

^* Includes 1,018 old age pensioners in receipt of medical relief. There are no available figures for 1909 or earlier years distinguishing persons aged seventy and over from others.

		Outdoor.	Indoor.
15th January, 1910	…	12,519	2,870
15th January, 1911	…	3,094	2,375
15th January, 1912	…	2,881^*	2,336
^* Includes 1,018 old age pensioners in receipt of medical relief. There are no available figures for 1909 or earlier years distinguishing persons aged seventy and over from others.