HC Deb 27 March 1935 vol 299 cc1920-2W
Mr. GROVES

asked the Minister of Health, for the years 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935, the number of persons in receipt of public assistance in the county borough of West Ham, showing indoor and outdoor separately?

Sir H. YOUNG

The following statement gives the desired information, for

— Number persons chargeable to the West Ham County Borough.
Persons in receipt of Institutional Poor Belief. Persons in receipt of Domiciliary Poor Relief. Rate-aided patients in mental hospitals (not included in previous columns). Total.
1931 … … … 2,318 9,612 1,123 13,053
1932 … … … 2,381 12,209 1,111 15,701
1933 … … … 2,383 16,971 1,119 20,473
1934 … … … 2,407 17,949 1,127 21,483
1935 … … … 2,268 17,662 1,139 21,069

1st January in each of the years 1931 to 1935: