§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Health the number of widows with children in receipt of outdoor relief for each of the Poor Law unions in the administrative county of London at 31st December, 1924?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe number of widows with dependent children in receipt of domiciliary Poor Law relief on 1st January, 1925, in each Poor Law union in London, was as follow:
Union. Number of Widows. Number of Children. Bermondsey … 417 810 Bethnal Green … 90 229 Camberwell … 397 947 Chelsea … 15 31 Fulham … 76 173 St. George-in-the-East … 56 127 Greenwich … 431 1,004 Hackney … 192 422 Hammersmith … 80 180 Hampstead … 51 57 Holborn … 91 251 Islington … 226 640 Kensington … 2 4 Lambeth … 326 851 Lewisham … 169 376 Limehouse … 90 187 London, City of … — — St. Marylebone … 19 54 Mile End Old Town … 237 358 Paddington … 64 171 St. Pancras … 159 392 Poplar … 729 1,390 Shoreditch … 132 289 Southwark … 278 691 Wandsworth … 352 776 Westminster, City of … 22 58 Whitechapel … 57 105 Woolwich … 162 360 Totals … 4,920 10,933