HC Deb 19 May 1936 vol 312 c1017W
Sir C. COBB

asked the Minister of Health whether he can give the number of persons in receipt of poor relief on the 1st January, 1936, and the corresponding number for the 1st January, 1935?

Sir K. WOOD

The number of persons in receipt of poor relief on 1st January, 1936, was 1,387,720, not including 117,993 rate-aided patients in mental hospitals. The corresponding figures on 1st January, 1935, were 1,472,891 and 116,165.