§ Mr. HASLAMasked the Minister of Health the total number of indoor Poor Law children; the number of children over and under three years of age who were in sick wards and other wards, respectively, of workhouses; and the number of children in receipt of outdoor relief on 1st January, 1920?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe number of children of the classes referred to on the 1st January, 1920, was:
In receipt of institutional relief 59,283 In receipt of outdoor relief (including children boarded out) 138,380
Over Under. In sick wards of 3 Years. 3 Years. workhouses 2,496 2,326 In other wards of workhouses 3,084 2,914
§ Mr. MALLALIEUasked the Minister of Health the number of children boarded out within and beyond the union in England and Wales on 1st January, 1920?
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§ Dr. ADDISONIn England and Wales, on 1st January, 1920, the number of Poor Law children boarded out within the union was 7,655, and the number boarded out beyond the union was 1,699.