THE PINCH OF WINTER

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 48, 25 August 1921, Page 8

THE PINCH OF WINTER

CHARITABLE AID FIGURES.

Figures showing the amount of relief granted by the Social Welfare Committee during the month of July were placed before the Hospital Board at its meeting this afternoon. The committee reported that th© number of cases dealt with during July was in excess' of those of the two previous months, the figures being : —July 128; Juno,, 118; May, 97. * The grounds of the applications were as shown below, where a comparison with the two previous months is also given: — ' July June May. Unemployment 39 30 14 Desertion 12 17 16 | Sickness 30 .34 32 Widowhood 26 19 . 21 Old age 9 8 7 Imprisonment ... ... 3 3 3 Miscellaneous .-, ... ... 9 7 .4 •Totals .... 128 . 118 97 In reference to the "unemployment" class it will be understood, stated the qommittee, that the above figures do not mean that 39 cases were receiving advances continuously during j the' whole period, butHhat this was the) total number dealt with. The number of cases actually standing at the close of the period was 17. . ( The comparative table for the month of July is as follows: — / Outdoor: . > : ' 1921 1920 1919 Number of cases dealt with 128 112 91 Daily average number of persons 400.378 307 Advances in rations 1065 1204 1072 £ £ £ | Advances an cash 131 293 289 Maintenance of ohildren .. 6 73 77 Indoor: /■ 1921 IS2O 1919 Daily avorago number of persons 105 102 95