§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Health how many persons in each of the Special Areas were in receipt of public assistance 37W at the nearest date to 13th September in each of the seven years 1931 to 1937, inclusive?
§ Sir K. WoodThe returns made to my Department by public assistance authorities relate to county boroughs and administrative counties as a whole, and separate
Area Number of persons in receipt of poor relief on the second Saturday in September in the undermentioned years. (The figures include dependents but exclude rate-aided patients in mental hospitals, persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only and casuals.) 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. County Boroughs: Gateshead … 6.939 8,968 9,560 10,021 9,816 9,406 6,098 Merthyr Tydfil … 6,300 6,722 6,992 7,962 7,108 7,364 5,509 Newcastle-u pon-Tyne … 14,138 19,273 21,367 22,544 21,755 20,101 12,310 South Shields … 3,665 4,143 4,150 4,462 4,606 4,730 4,442 Sunderland … 8,547 10,313 11,830 13,898 15,774 15,776 12,097 Tynemouth … 1,266 1,987 2,617 2,814 3,062 3,219 2,441 West Hartlepool … 1,969 2,691 3,224 3,177 3,211 3,312 2,846 Administrative Counties: Durham … 52,463 60,838 65,065 67,000 67,168 65,154 56,735 Northumberland … 7, 265 9,331 10,957 11,488 11,500 11,277 9,614 Cumberland … 5,623 6,895 7,547 7,719 6,971 7,225 6,301 Monmouth … 14,869 17,165 18,758 20,006 18,389 18,101 15,111 Glamorgan … 43,993 48,165 48,237 50,826 49,466 52,257 44,878 Brecknock … 2,069 2,153 2,250 2,448 2,288 2,273 1,991 Pembroke … 2,123 2,742 2,462 2,668 2,635 2,561 2,218