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Table showing Number of Children for whom Maintenance is paid by Charitable Aid Boards, &c., at 31st March, 1901, and 31st March, 1900.

STATISTICS AS TO OUTDOOR RELIEF. Table I.—Causes of Poverty (Chief Causes, not Tributary Causes). (This table refers to outdoor relief and to heads of families only.)

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