POOR LAW RELIEF, DURHAM COUNTY.

HC Deb 19 July 1927 vol 209 cc254-5W

Mr. WHITELEY

asked the Minister of Health the amount of money expended outdoor relief in Durham county during the first six months in 1925 and 1927?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The total expenditure of guardians of unions in the union county of Durham on out-relief in money and kind (other than medical relief only and relief to casuals) in each month from January to June in the years 1925 and 1927 is given in the following table:

Mr. WHITELEY

asked the Minister of Health whether he can supply the number of persons in receipt of out-door relief in the County of Durham during the first six months in 1925 and 1927?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The average number of persons in receipt of out-door Poor Law relief in the union, County of Durham (other than persons in receipt of medical relief only and casuals), in each month from January to June in the years 1925 and 1927, is given in the following table:

Month	Average number of persons in receipt of out-door relief.
1925.	1927.
January	…	…	44,924	119,781
February	…	…	44,787	94,491
March	…	…	48,229	91,051
April	…	…	48,843	89,909
May	…	…	52,857	90,676
June	…	…	66,022	Figure not yet available.