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The majority of applicants are unemployed and in receipt
of out-of-work pay. Others are employed but come
within the scale after deduction of rent.
The applicants are parents of families ranging from one
to Bix, seven or eight children.
These families are compelled to pay high rents owing to
the refusal of owners and agents to let rooms to people
with children.
Consequently, the amount available for providing food,
etc., is greatly reduced, resulting in parents and children
being underfed and improperly nourished.
The following cases recorded in the Department afford
ample evidence of the position of some of these families.

It will be seen that the rents paid in nearly all the
above eases are over 50 per cent. of the income : the net