APPENDIX XVIII.-(continued). TABLE C.-TABLE SHOWING FOR SCOTLAND FOR EACH OF THE LAST TEN YEARS-(a) GROSS VALUATION AND POOR LAW £ £ 1914 34,054,981 25,123 1915 34,433,729 25,322 1916 34,378,895 22,167 1917 34,553,911 22,166 1918 34,845,492 22,121 1919 34,964,718 22,015 1920 35,494,435 22,166 1921 39,366,481| 12,096 12,631 1922 42,007,841 1923 42,442,805 12,786 £ £ £ 34,080,104 26,664,460 23,971,929 34,459,051 26,893,731 24,212,509 34,401,062 26,840,718 24,149,353 34,576,077 26,907,332 24,206,564 34,867,613 27,098,841 24,371,249 34,986,733 27.146,529 24,384,371 35,516,601 27,559,176 24,763,065 39,378,577 +27,778,838 +24,956,129 $42,020,472 +28,908,910 +26,057,009 £ tifications, and other Sources. Amount. Gross Amount. Gross Rate per £ of Gross Valuation. Valuation. £ d. £ d. £ S. d. 1,609,358 +1,388,308 $44,048 .31 1,411,521 $46,985 ⚫33 1,497,326 $48,096 .33 1,538,488 $79,470 •55 1,667,536 $81,947 .56 2,093,523 $86,471 .58 2,797,695 J 3,067,147 (a) 708,315 3,071,236 \(a) 1,466,891) Note. The figures in italics relate to expenditure on the destitute able-bodied unemployed. 42,455,591 29,015,022 26,151,524 (a) This is the total expenditure on destitute able-bodied unemployed, in- (b) This sum need not be assessed for in one year but may be spread over a * The difference between Owners' and Occupiers' Assessable Rental is due to For 1914-15 and subsequent years, half cost of maintenance of pauper lunatics The increase in gross valuation for the years 1921 and 1922 is due to the 1,040 **235,606 1.33 Amount. Rate per £ of Gross Valuation. Amount per head of Estimated Population. £ 8. d. 8. d. 1,333,344 0 9.39 5 74 946,263 1,209,335 0 8:42 5 0.8 856,799 1,203,576 0 8.40 5 0.2 813,660 1,195,496 0 8.30 4 11.6 761,862 1,292,604 0 8.90 5 45 722,766 1,419,585 0 9.74 5 10.7 681,514 1,610,165 0 10.88 6 7.4 634,526 2,550,799 1 3 55 10 5.4 591,750 2,974,455 1 4.99 12 16 553,559 3,362,427 1 7.01 13 8.2 508,158 operation of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920. § Excludes portion of contributions from relatives applicable to District Boards Grant in Relief of Rates was not received during 1915-16. ** Excludes portion of Pauper Lunacy Grant applicable to District Boards of APPENDIX XIX. ABSTRACT OF POORHOUSE RETURNS, HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 1923. Number. ORDINARY POOR. SICK. POORHOUSES. 8 8 : : : : :: 4111242 42 29 23 26 44 45 .2 31 20 51 49 48 92 t Includes Mental Defectives in Poorhouse, see note (e) on p. 253. (b) Poorhouse leased to Ministry of Pensions. I : : 53 29 5 69 325 19 14 Dundee, Ashcliffe dren's Home Chil 70 85 36 49 21 6 6 49 .: 151 8 14 471 123363 29 + Has Licensed Wards for Lunatics. (a) 16 beds (included here as vacant) have been let temporarily owing to the shortage of houses. 17,454 5,0154, 54 1,997 852 4,836 1,500 202 211 413 587 558 1,145 (e) Net Total 19,731 38,497 2,007 24,705 11,785 ()7,208 17,346 5,015 4,646 1,997 852 4,836 1,500 202 211 413 587 558 1,145 12 $3 23 556 521 1,077 Net Total for Half-Year to 31st December 1922 20,046 36,473 1,723 22,035 12,715 6,693 16,175 4,524 4,004 1,717 1,037 4,893 1,522 153 230 383 565 555 1,120 11 84 31 535 509 1,044 * Including Re-admissions, which are reckoned as new cases. + Has Licensed Wards for Lunatics. Includes Mental Defectives, see note (c). § The figures applicable to the Glasgow Poorhouses include 524 inmates who were transferred between the various Glasgow Institutions; of these 108 were transferred between the Sick Wards, and are included in the number of Sick. These transfers have been deducted from the Totals for Scotland. Includes Lunatic Poor in Parochial Asylumn. (a) Accommodation not yet sanctioned. (b) The Temporary Homes were closed on 19th March. (d) See note (c). (c) Exclusive of accommodation utilised for 3 lunatics shown under "Lunatic Poor.' (e) Includes 325 mental defectives, of whom 150 were "boarded with Governor" in various Poorhouses and 175 were resident in Poorhouses which are "certified institutions for mental defectives" (Craiglockhart, 29; Falkirk, 80; Barnhill, 48; Govan, 18). (f) Exclusive of sanctioned accommodation (789) of Craigleith Poorhouse, which has been leased to the Ministry of Pensions. Of the sanctioned accommodation here shown as vacant, 227 beds were utilised for phthisical patients chargeable to Public Health Authorities, and 16 beds were let temporarily owing to the shortage of houses. In addition £757, 18 4d. of expenditure on additions and improvements was met from sums received from Military Authorities as compensation for damages during military occupation of poorhouses. (a) Includes expenditure on re-conditioning, towards which £1300 (representing an average weekly cost of 15.) was received from H M. Office of Works in the previous year and referred to in last year's table. (b) Includes deficit on industries. |