§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Health whether he will state the total number of persons drawing public 1339W assistance within the whole of the county of Lancashire on the last available date and the corresponding date for the previous year?
§ Sir K. WOODThe number of persons in receipt of poor relief (excluding rate-aided patients in mental hospitals and persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only) in the Administrative County of Lancaster and the 17 Associated County Boroughs on Saturday, 4th July, 1936, was 240,138. The number on the corresponding day in the previous year was 248,317.