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APPENDIX XIV.

PRACTITIONERS'

STATEMENT SHOWING (1) THE MEAN NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL OF INSURED PERSONS IN EACH COMMITTEE'S AREA
AS REPRESENTED BY THE INDEX REGISTER, (2) THE AMOUNTS CREDITED TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND
FUNDS, AND (3) THE NUMBER AND COST OF PRESCRIPTIONS DISPENSED BY CHEMISTS.

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3,241 Total Burghs (Mean) 1,234,844 57-72 22,977 0 451,259 1,786,368 101,317 130 2,554 Total Counties 446

979,065 57,726

GRAND TOTAL 2,139,296 100.00 42,270 0 784,588 2,765,433 159,043

...

904,452 42.28 19,293 0 333,329

Total Counties (Mean) 904, 452

42.28 19,293 0 333,329

979,065 57,726

On 15th May.

APPENDIX XV.

TABLE I.-POOR OF ALL CLASSES RELIEVED ON THREE GIVEN DAYS IN 1914 AND EACH OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.

On 15th January.

On 15th September.

Average of the three Periods.

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*1921

*1922

*1923

29,533 42,831

40,296 3,640

*1924

+1926

19,967 2,758 22,725 (a33,890 45,689 79,579 630,070 2,967 33,037

23,249 36,943 60,192
27,682 41,314 68,996
26,394 2,273 28,667 71,795 35,935
72,364 51,068 28,894
43,936 104,490 37,694
30,514 44,310 74,824 53,063 30,001
33,130 3,512 36,642 91,477 26,423
*192530,794 45,508 76,302
54,031 31,053
57,966 19,266

38,142

61,946

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38,413 25,755 40,201 65,956 38,168 25,807 40,381 66,188
31,890 22,265 36,822 59,087 30,692 21,674
29,142 20,923 35,003 55,926 27,571 20,316
28,210❘ 19,658 34,115 53,773 27,941 19,690
29,987 21,339 35,288 56,627
23,804
33,896 263

38,308 26,046 40,279 66,325 38,296
36,186 57,860 29,586 22,409
22,409 36,897 59,306 30,723
34,467 54,783 26,690

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4,759 42,453 98,105 36,882
44,832 74,833 52,274 29,612
3,599 30,022 71,890 18,984
77,358 53,455 31,849
21,988 54,271 22,761
79,467 52,381 34,368
35,577 83,468 32,844
7,793 27,260 30,695

43,590 72,533

40,476 24,117
22,458 2,964
47,977 27,786
98,119 34,737
49,871 29,123

38,128

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45,046 79,414

50,086 34,226

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79,487 52,016

* The figures in italics relate to destitute able-bodied and are additional to the numbers in ordinary type.

3,394 35,088 81,495 101 12,924 44,660

+ The figures at (b) relate to destitute able-bodied, at (c) to miners whose families were relieved during the coal stoppage, and at (a) to all other poor.

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APPENDIX XV.-(continued).

TABLE II.-Average Number of Poor on three given days, and Number of Sane and other than Sane Poor at 15th May; together with Rates per 1000 Population for each Tenth Year from 1868 to 1908, for the Year 1914 and for each of the last Ten Years.

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three periods as above

Parochial

Relief

Sane Poor.

other than Sane* per

per

1000 of

(Paupers and

Other than Sane

Sane

Other than

Estimated

Dependants).

Indoor.

Outdoor.

Total Sane.

Poor.*

Poor.

Sane Poor,

1000 of Poor of all Classes.

Population.

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* Prior to 1915 the figures relate to lunatic poor only. From 1915 the figures include certified mental defectives. + The figures in italics relate to destitute able-bodied.

§ The ratio of poor other than sane to poor of all classes, excluding the destitute able-bodied and also, for 1926, the figures under (c), was 143 in 1922, 142 in 1923, 138 in 1924, 137 in 1925 and 137 in 126.

The figures at (b) relate to destitute able-bodied, at (c) to miners whose families were relieved during the coal stoppage, and at (a) to all other poor.

Number as at 14th May.

APPENDIX XV.—(continued).

TABLE III-AGED SANE POOR.-Details for 1910, 1914, and each of the last 10 Years.

Number of Sane Poor aged 70 and upwards at 15th January.

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Number of Sane Poor aged 70 and upwards at 15th September.

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Note. The removal of pauper disqualification, by the Old Age Pensions Act. 1911, accounts for the abnormal decrease in aged poor subsequent to 1910. The Old Age Pensions Act, 1919, which enabled old age pensioners to receive poor relief without forfeiting their pension, resulted in an increase in aged poor subsequent to January, 1920.

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APPENDIX XVI.

TABLE SHOWING FOR SCOTLAND FOR 1914 AND EACH OF THE LAST TEN YEARS-(a) GROSS VALUATION AND POOR LAW ASSESSABLE RENTALS; (b) ORDINARY EXPENDITURE ON RELIEF OF THE POOR AND THE SOURCES FROM WHICH MET; AND (c) POOR LAW LOANS OUTSTANDING.

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51,165 .36

249,327 1.76

$48,096 ⚫33

**243,875 1.69

1,538,488 $79,470

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**201,422 1-39

1,667,536 $81,947

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1920

35,494,435 22,166

1921

39,366,481 12,096

35,516,601 27,559,176 24,763,065 +39,378,577 +27,778,838 $24,956,129

2,093,523 $86,471

.58

**204,713 1.38

2,797,695

$95,688

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**221,504 1.35

1922

42,007,841 12,631

$42,020,472 +28,908,910 +26,057,009(a) 703,605

3,067,147

}$92,038

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1923 42,142,805 12,786
1924 (d)43,593,880
1925 44,579,384

3,071,236 1

3,083,955

42,455,591 29,015,022 26,151,524 {(a) 1,466,891

12,821 44,592,270 27,515,379 27,515,851 12,886

(d)43,606,701 *27,100,267 *27,102,268 (a) 1,286,654

3,165,255

((a) 799,428
(e) 3,246,755
1926 45,065,657 12,709 45,078,366 27,668,353 27,662,781 (a) 1,128,279 j
Note.-The figures in italics relate to expenditure on the destitute able-bodied un-
employed.

(a) This is the total expenditure on destitute able-bodied unemployed, including
expenditure met by bank overdraft or loan.

(b) This sum need not be assessed for in one year but may be spread over a period
not exceeding 10, or in exceptional cases 15, years.

(c) These figures include the Valuation of the West Highland Railway extension
at the "prairie" value, which in 1925-26 was less than the Railway Assessor's
valuation by £10,510. (The "prairie" value is the valuation of the land
occupied by the railway extension prior to the making of the line and is the
basis on which local assessments are imposed West Highland Railway
Guarantee Act, 1896.)

(d) As revised.

(e) Includes £1,481 relief to dependants of coal miners, and £11,446 relief to dependants of shale workers.

The difference between Owners' and Occupiers' Assessable Rental up to 1923 is due to the deduction of §ths allowed to occupiers of agricultural subjects under the Agri cultural Rates, etc. (Scotland) Act, 1896. In 1924, owners and occupiers of agricultural

1-55{ (6) 2,150,7871 3:18) 3,668,696 1 (b) 1,116,7630 5·95)

758 14 11-57 392,847 subjects were each allowed a deduction of 50 per cent. under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1923.

+ For 1914-15 and subsequent years, half cost of maintenance of pauper lunatics and
mental defectives fell to be borne by District Boards of Control.

The increase in gross valuation for the years 1921 and 1922 due to the operation of
the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920. This increase is not
reflected in assessable rental for poor law purposes, owing to the increased deductions
allowed by certain Parish Councils under Section 37 of the Poor Law (Scotland) Act, 1845.
§ Excludes portion of contributions from relatives applicable to District Boards of
Control. Includes receipts from Military Authorities in respect of occupation of poor-
houses, etc. as follows:-1918, £22,500; 1919, £14,000; 1920, £11,235; 1921, £13,899;
1922, £16,890; 1923, £47,594; 1924, £3,015; 1925, £5,117; and 1926, £401.
Includes Grant in Relief of Rates for 1915-16 and 1916-17.

** Excludes portion of Pauper Lunacy Grant applicable to District Boards of Control and includes Parish Councils' share of Mental Deficiency Grant. +From Unemployment Grants Committee.

Includes Additional Agricultural Rates Grant (£58,822 in 1924; £57,187 in 1925; and £57,034 in 1926) paid under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1923.

$121,763

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