HC Deb 03 July 1932 vol 156 c54W
Mr. T. THOMSON

asked the Minister of Health the total number of persons relieved and the amount paid in relief by the Middlesbrough Board of Guardians in the week ending 7th June, and the corresponding figures for the two preceding years, and for 1914, or for the nearest similar period for which figures are available in those years; and the amount in the pound of the Middlesbrough Guardians' precepts for the half-years ending Michaelmas 1914, 1920, 1921 and 1922?

Sir A. MOND

has supplied the following figures in pursuance of his answer of the 29th June, 1922 {col. 2309):

Number of persons relieved and amount paid in relief by the Middlesbrough Guardians in the weeks named.

Number of persons. Amount of relief.
Week ending £ s. d.
7th June, 1922 28,840 8,446 12 10
do. 1921 12,666 2,760 14 11
do. 1920 1,822 747 10 11
do. 1914 2,572 359 16 5

Amount in the pound of Middlesbrough Guardians' precepts for the half-years named.

Half-year ending Amount in the £.
Michaelmas, 1922 2s. 10½d.
do. 1921 2s. 2d.
do. 1920 1s. 4d.
do. 1914 0s. 8½d.