§ Mr. MANDERasked the Minister of Health in respect of Wolverhampton and Staffordshire, the number of persons in receipt of relief from public assistance committees in December and up to the last available date?
Sir H. YOUNGThe numbers of persons (men, women and children) in receipt of poor relief (excluding rate-aided patients in mental hospitals, casuals and persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only) in the Geographical County of Staffordshire (including the County Boroughs of Burton-upon-Trent, Smethwick, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton) on Saturday, 26th December, 1931, and on Saturday, 11th June, 1932, were 31,556 and 35,063, respectively. The corresponding figures for the County Borough of Wolverhampton (included above) were 2,512 and 2,584.