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Mr. COLLISON
asked the Minister of Health the number of persons in England and Wales in receipt of Poor Law relief on the 31st March, 1923?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN
The number of persons in England and Wales in receipt of Poor Law relief on the 31st March, 1923 (including lunatics in asylums), was approximately 1,459,000.