PAUPERISM IN ENGLAND.
HIGHEST TOTAL RECORDED SINCE 1872. A local Government White Paper indicates the position- of-pauperism in. England and Wales at the close t of 1908. It is' pointed out that the increase' in the number of paupers which commonly occurs during the last quarter of the year was maintained throughout the fourth quarter of 1003 until the last Saturday in December, when a decreaso of 2G21 occurred. The total number of paupers in England and Wales, with the ratio per 1000 inhabitants, was as follows at the , close of 1007 and.lOOS:— . . . ' •. : Per . Indoor. Outdoor. Total 1000. 1907 ... 2tKS,bU'l 5d1,a9/ Buu.iui 1908;... 252.088 ■■ 552,404 834,482 23.G Increase 13,284 21,107 84,391 00.7 „ This total is the highest recorded since 18,2, when it reached ■ 838,630. That number, however, represented a-pauper ratio of 36.3 per 1000 inhabitants, the ratio per 1000 being now "an 12.7 smaller. The tendency since nas been in the direction of an increase in indoor and a decTeaso in outdoor paupers The iz^MS. 7 mMI wWle the ktte ,-n P i"oT*J Sn i ' n L °n<ion increased but slightly 12M f .compared with 1907—the indoor by 1203, and the outdoor by 2831, the total being 4034. The ratio per 1000 of the population in JrtteK'lV ** lmrei &» « ™ and Wham,-. Northumberland, oJmberhnl' 2oS paupers (or 0.4 per cent.). aocrease oi
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 464, 24 March 1909, Page 7
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