§ Major NATHANasked the Minister of Health for each quarter since January, 943W 1924, the number of persons in receipt of outdoor relief, distinguishing those persons who are normally in employment and the ordinary outdoor poor?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe following statement shows for one month in each
Month. Average number of persons in receipt of outdoor relief (excluding persons in receipt of medical relief only) Persons ordinarily engaged in some regular occupation and their dependants. All other persons in receipt of outdoor relief (including dependants). Total. March, 1924 … … 555,701 467,223 1,022,924 June, 1924 … … 463,783 466,887 930,670 September, 1924 … … 365,677 466,073 831,750 December, 1924 … … 371,684 480,799 852,483 March, 1925 … … 385,766 496,782 882,548 June, 1925 … … 390,822 498,971 889,793 September, 1925 … … 473,727 513,526 987,253 December, 1925 … … 553,119 537,312 1,090,431 March, 1926 … … 540,400 478,251 1,018,651 June, 1926 … … 1,680,732 500,989 2,181,721 September, 1926 … … 1,701,335 496,487 2,197,822 December, 1926 … … 1,067,803 491,642 1,559,445 March, 1927 … … 545,685 480,886 1,026,571 June, 1927 … … 484,754 464,106 948,860 September, 1927 … … 465,985 459,455 925,440 December, 1927 … … 498,640 473,482 972,122 March, 1928 … … 481,128 478,734 959,862 June, 1928 … … 410,504 473,069 883,573 September, 1928 … … 375,868 468,692 844,560 December, 1928 … … 396,369 477,520 873,889 March, 1929 … … 427,313 487,848 915,161 * May, 1929 … … 358,437 476,647 835,084 * The figures for June, 1929, are not at present available.