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The foregoing tables show:—
Table A.—The classification of the applications under
the ten divisions detailed above.
Table B.— The classified returns of each individual
district.
Table C.— The number of applications dealt with in
each district and the average ages of the applicants.
These tables have been carefully compiled from the
information contained on the individual case papers. They
are both interesting and instructive, showing as they do, not
only the particular pursuits which are most affected by a
period of slackness in trade, but also details of the average
number of children, wages, rent and time of residence in the
Borough of the applicants in each of the nine districts. The
figures showing the number of those who were in receipt of
parish relief should prove of special interest to the Board of
Guardians, the differences being very marked both in the
various trades and in the different poor law areas.
Your Committee desire to testify to the amount of care
and trouble taken by the various local Committees, and to the
way in which they adhered to the instructions framed for their
guidance. They obtained valuable help from other volunteer
workers and fully carried out the rules, carefully visiting and
investigating each case before referring it to the Executive
Committee for final decision.