HC Deb 27 June 1917 vol 95 cc415-6W
Sir G. TOULMIN

asked the Secretary to the Local Government Board whether he will state the number of children boarded out within the union and beyond the union respectively, the number of children in workhouses, the number of children receiving relief in other Poor Law institutions, and the number of children in receipt of outdoor relief, if convenient distinguishing the number relieved with a. mother, but orphaned of, or deserted by, the father?

Mr. FISHER

The following statement contains the latest available figures:

ENGLAND AND WALES.
Number of children in receipt of Poor Law relief on 30th December, 1916—
Boarded-out within the union … 9,018
Boarded-out beyond the union … 2,178
11,196

In Poor Law institutions—

1. In workhouses:
(i.) In sick wards 4,421
(ii.) In other wards, except casual wards (including 2,700 infants under 3 years of age) 6,256
Total in workhouses 10,677
2. In other Poor Law institutions:
(i.) In separate institutions for the sick 6,301
(ii.) In separate institutions for mentally infirm persons 1,229
(iii.) In separate institutions for children 31,579
Total in other Poor Law institutions 39,109
Total number in Poor Law institutions 49,786
(There were also 11,795 Poor Law children relieved in non-Poor Law institutions, excluding lunatic asylums 11,795)
In receipt of outdoor relief (including 11,196 children boarded-out as shown above, but excluding those receiving medical relief only and those relieved with casual paupers, the number of whom cannot be stated) 136,055
Total number of children in receipt of Poor Law relief on 30th December, 1916, exclusive of lunatics in lunatic asylums, casual paupers, and children receiving outdoor medical relief only 197,636