§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Health the number of able-bodied persons, together with their dependants, in receipt of Poor Law relief, institutional and outdoor, in Devonport during each of the months of this year?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINFigures based on a classification distinguishing "able-bodied persons" are not now obtained. The available information is set out below.
been completed; and with regard to each submitted scheme will he state the total number of tenements to be cleared away and, where available, the estimated cost of the whole scheme, the cost if possible being separated into the cost of clearance and the cost of re-housing, respectively?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN112 schemes for the improvement of unhealthy areas have 2209W been submitted of which 105 have been confirmed since the 1st January, 1919. On the 1st October last action had been taken by local authorities in respect of 91 schemes. 10 schemes had been fully completed, and others were nearing completion.
The following table shows the number of properties included in each confirmed scheme. Reliable estimates as to the cost of clearance and of re-housing are not available in respect of individual schemes.
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Local Authority. Number of properties included in scheme. Region A. Carlisle T.C. (Rigg Street, etc.) 46 Carlisle T.C. (South George Street, etc.) 31 Hartlepool T.C 104 Wallsend T.C 59 Durham T.C. 96 Gateshead T.C. 124 Tynemouth T.C 63 Newcastle-upon-Tyne T.C. (Pilgrim Street) 156 (Prudhoe Street) 58 (Liverpool Street) 79 Stockton-on-Tees T.C 107 Sunderland T.C. (Area No. 2) 101 Sunderland T.C. (Area No. 3) 43 Region B. Sheffield T.C. (Smithfield) 43 Scarborough T.C. (Potter Lane) 17 Rotherham T.C 56 Sheffield T.C. (Oborne Street) 22 Dewsbury T.C. 61 Wakefield T.C 101 Scarborough T.C. (East Mount) 48 Middlesbrough T.C 63 Kingston-on-Hull T.C 184 Sowerby U.D.C 40 Keighley T.C 143 Bradford T.C 670 Barnsley T.C 123 Doncaster T.C. 127 York T.C 180 Halifax T.C 232 Rotherham R.D.C. 22 Sheffield T.C. (Duke Street, etc.) 41 Sheffield T.C. (Matthew Street, etc.) 97 Otley U.D.C. (Leeds Road) 16 Region C. Eccles T.C 288 Manchester T.C 199 Liverpool T.C. (Burlington Street) 496 Burnley T.C. 187 Rochdale T.C 83 Widnes T.C 75 Lancaster T.C. 58 Liverpool T.C. (Prince Edwin Street)* 205 Wallasey T.C. 86 Chester T.C 55 * Re-submission of a partially lapsed scheme. 2211W
Local Authority. Number of properties included in scheme. Region C—cont. Oldham T.C. 281 Rawtenstall T.C. 59 Darwen T.C. 83 Region D. Welshpool T.C 40 Region E. Wednesbury T.C 11 West Bromwich T.C. (Barton Stand Old End) 81 Stoke-on-Trent T.C 87 Wolverhampton T.C. 280 Atherstone R.D.C 70 Worcester T.C 32 Oldbury U.D.C 20 West Bromwich T.C. (Swan Village) 102 Region F. Chesterfield T.C 103 Lincoln T.C 139 Nottingham T.C. 326 Mansfield T.C 73 Region G. Bristol T.C. (Eugene Street) 80 Poole T.C 22 Cheltenham T.C 56 Bath T.C 41 Torquay T.C 49 Bristol T.C. (Bedminster Down) 12 Region H. Portsmouth T.C 59 Brighton T.C. (Paradise Street, etc.) 59 Brighton T.C. (Hereford Street, etc.) 67 Hastings T.C 64 Ramsgate T.C 35 Region K. Stepney M.B. (Dupont Street) 27 Poplar M.B. (Lower North Street, etc.) 46 L.C.C. (Brady Street) 328 L.C.C. (Ware Street) 404 Bethnal Green M.B. (Diss Street) 26 City of London (Hutchinson Street) 151 City of London (Queen's Court Minories) 7 Hammersmith M.B. (Southern) 194 L.C.C. (Hickman's Folly) 324 L.C.C. (Bell Lane and Ellen Street) 335 Battersea M.B. (Plough Road) 88 L.C.C. (Prusom Street) 304 L.C.C. (Baker's Alley) 111 Bermondsey M.B. (Salisbury Street) 151 St. Pancras M.B 45 Poplar M.B. (Gale Street, etc.) 16 L.C.C. (George's Road, etc.) 211 L.C.C. (Watergate Street) 269 L.C.C. (Ossulston Street) 321 Finsbury M.B. (White Horse Alley) 35
Local Authority Number of Properties Included in scheme. Region K—cont. Stepney M.B. (Limehouse Fields) 347 Barking Town U.D.C 51 L.C.C. (China Walk, etc.) 493 L.C.C. (Basing Place, etc.) 133 Region L. Hitchin U.D.C. (St. Andrew's Street) 83 New Windsor T.C. 52 Aylesbury T.C. (Whitehall Street) 29 Aylesbury T.C. (Upper Hundreds) 27 Oxford T.C. 64 Banbury T.C 57 Hitchin U.D.C. (Queen Street) 110 St. Alban T.C 41 Region M. Ipswich T.C 132 Norwich T.C. (Robinson's Yard) 51 Norwich T.C. (Baker's Yard) 44
— Men. Women. Juveniles. Total. Claims to Benefit made 3,127 529 64 3,720 Applications for Extended Benefit— Considered 2,381 97 15 2 493 Allowed 1,971 61 14 2,046 Disallowed 410 36 1 447 Statistics regarding the results of applications for Standard Benefit are not available.