§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Health the number of persons in receipt of outdoor relief in each of the Poor Law unions in the County of London as at 39th March, 1927, and 30th March, 1928, or the nearest date at which he has particulars?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe particulars desired are as follow:
Union or Parish. Persons in receipt of outdoor relief (excluding persons in receipt of medical relief only and casuals). Number on last Saturday in March, 1927. Number on last Saturday in March, 1928. Paddington … 1,778 1,638 Kensington … 195 161 Hammersmith … 2,670 2,507 Fulbam … 1,647 1,541 Chelsea … 692 400 Westminster … 477 394 St. Marylebone … 1,030 862 Hampstead … 299 316 St. Pancras … 6,000 5,041 Islington … 7,482 5,788 Hackney … 6,103 5,209 Holborn … 2,565 2,455 City of London … 87 77 Sboreditch … 8,389 7,777 Bethnal Green … 12,369 11,057 Stepney … 16,763 15,192 Poplar Borough … 28,777 22,595 Southwark … 10,252 9,861 Bermondsey … 17.324 15,276 Lambeth … 6,535 5,108 Wandsworth … 8,566 7,262 Camberwell … 11,777 8,416 Greenwich … 14,811 12,331 Lewisham … 4,275 3,598 Woolwich … 6,745 6,118