HC Deb 11 July 1924 vol 175 cc2630-1W
Mr. GROVES

asked the Minister of Health the number of persons, male and female separately, over 70 years of age, who are inmates of the West Ham Union, and the average cost of maintenance per person?

Mr. WHEATLEY

On the 1st January, 1924, the number of persons (not being lunatics in lunatic asylums) over 70 years of age chargeable to the West Ham Union who were in receipt of institutional relief was: men, 497; women, 471. The average cost of the "in-maintenance" in the year 1922–23 of the inmates of the institutions belonging to the Guardians of that Union (other than their institutions for children) was 13s. 9½d. per head per week. This average covers food clothing, medicine, fuel, and lighting, but not salaries of staff or upkeep of buildings and other overhead charges.