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Sutton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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POOR LAW RELIEF.
In Maintenance.
| Period. | M. | F. | Childn | Total. | Proportion to Population. One in | Cost. | Cost per Head of the Population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Year ending 31 Mar. 1914 | 135 | 108 | 60 | 303 | 140 | 1456† | |||
| Year ending 31 Mar. 1919 | 88 | 106 | 64 | 260 | 165 | 2277 | |||
| Out Relief. | |||||||||
| Year ending 31 Mar. 1914 | 84 | 181 | 212 | 477 | 181 | 646* | |||
| Year ending 31 Mar. 1919 | 41 | 112 | 84 | 237 | 180 | 527 | |||
| In Maintenance and Out Relief.‡ | |||||||||
| Year ending 31 Mar. 1914 | 203 | 270 | 247 | 720 | 60 | 2103 | 1 | 11.7 | |
| Year ending 31 Mar. 1919 | 116 | 200 | 144 | 460 | 92 | 2805 | 2 | 7.6 | |
† Including provisions, necessaries, clothing, funerals of all paupers maintained in
the Workhouse (but not paupers chargeable to the Union maintained in
other Workhouses), and not including drugs.
* Not including children boarded out within or beyond the Union, nor persons in
receipt of non-resident relief, nor persons in hospitals or training homes, etc.
‡ After making allowance for those who received both In-door and Out-door
Relief.
Total receipts of the Union, 1919—£112,273 13s. 6d.
Contributed by Sutton District—£27,116 13s. 0d.
GRATUITOUS MEDICAL RELIEF.
During the year, 275 patients received treatment in
the Cottage Hospital. There is no out-patient
department.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Births (estimated by the Registrar-General)—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 157 | 142 | 299 |
| Illegitimate | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 170 | 154 | 324 |