POOR LAW RELIEF.

HC Deb 30 March 1926 vol 193 c1860W

Mr. T. WILLIAMS

asked the Minister of Health the number of persons who were in receipt of Poor Law relief for each month from 1st July, 1924, to March, 1925, and July, 1925, to March, 1926?

Mr. N. CHAMBERLAIN

The following statement gives the information desired:

ENGLAND AND WALES
Month.	Average number of persons in receipt of poor law relief.*
Year 1924–5.	Year 1925–6.
July	…	1,130,045	1,119,473
August	…	1,134,210	1,180,866
September	…	1,047,034	1,206,366
October	…	1,043,031	1,248,830
November	…	1,060,498	1,285,904
December	…	1,075,925	1,319,027
January	…	1,109,916	1,299,255
February	…	1,110,523	l,273,300†
March	…	1,110,762	Figures not available.
* Exclusive of Junatics in county and borough asylums, casuals and persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only.
† This figure is approximate only.