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 PAUPERISM.] LONDON 833 Bethnal Green, HampsteaJ, and Lewisham whose sick are not treated in establishments under medical supervision. In addition to this, the several unions and parishes are combined into one metropolitan asylums district, with a managing body of sixty members, fifteen of whom are nominated by the Local Government Board. The total number of persons relieved in establishments belonging to the managers of the metropolitan asylums district since the first was opened in 1870 has been more than 1200 in imbecile asylums, nearly 50,000 in hospitals for infectious diseases, and 1375 on board the &quot; Exmouth &quot; training ship, which was estab lished in March 1876. The paupers schools fall to be noticed under another section (see below, p. 834). The amount of accommodation provided in the various establishments of the unions in July 1870 was 35,093 beds, and in December 1880 it was 53,332 beds. Table XX. gives a summary of the poor rate returns for 1880 ; Table XXI. the rateable value of the different unions in 1871 and 1881, and the average pauperism, the amount of adjusted relief, and the rate in the pound for relief in 1880 ; and Table XXII. various particulars in reference to metropolitan pauperism for 1871 and 1880. The annual income of the various charitable institutions in Charities. London is now over 4,000,000, of which at least three-fourths is spent in London. That of the endowed parochial charities of the City of London in 1865 was 64,500, which by 1881 had increased to 116,960, those of Westminster being in the same years 26,555 and 33,124. The income of the charities of the Livery Companies in 1869 was stated to be 99,027, and now the 1028 charities belonging to the companies have an aggregate income of 185,829,representing a capital value of 4,456,768. The amount spent on education is 65,130, and on doles 108,498. In addition, the charities of the corporation probably possess an annual income of 30, 000. The parliamentary commission appointed to inquire into the endowed parochial charities of the City of London and TABLE XX. Summary of Poor Rate Returns for 1880. Receipts. From Poor Kates. In Aid of Poor Rates. Treasury Subvention. Other Receipts. Total Receipts. -&amp;gt;,359,4o7, 112,385 | 115,651 ,2,587,473 Expenditure. Relief of the Poor. In-Main- i Out-Main tenance, teuance. 513,775 198,422 Asylums, Work houses, fcc. 1,107,051 Total.* Law. 6,110 Unconnected with the Poor. Police Rate. 613,444 Other Purposes. 42,780 Partly Con nected with the Poor. 110,137 Total. Including 1876, the difference arising in adjusting the charge of relief. TABLE XXI. Unions. Rateable Value, Year commenced 6th April 1871. West District. Kensington 935,720 Fulham 280,704 1 addington 938,597 Chelsea 341,749 St George s 1,8(50,033 Close of St Peter Nil. Westminster 623,041 Total West District 4,979,844 Forth District. Sr Marylebone 1,158,979 St Pancras i 1,149,817 Hampstead | 263,915 Islington i 984,041 Hackney ] 578,804 Total Xorth District 4.135,556 Central District. St Giles s and St George s, Bloomsbury 307,192 Lincoln s Inn Nil. Strand 553,060 Holborn 723,631 Charterhouse Nil. Gray s Inn Nil. London. City of, 2,524,775 The Temple Nil. Total Central DUtrict 4,108,664 East District. Shorcditch 440,689 Ik-thnal Green 270,524 Whitechapcl 314,850 St George s in the East 184,175 Stepney 256.163 Mile End, Old Town 268,042 Puph.r 447,652 Total East District South District. St Saviour s 724,345 St Olave s 576,309 Lambeth 919,015 Wandsworth and Clapham 694,815 Camberwell 477,368 Greenwich 401,469 Woolwich 211.972 Lewisham 384,805 Total of South District Total of the Metropolitan Unions Rateable Value, Year commenced 6th April 1881.

1,648.187 545,854 1,189,864 465,353 2,280,929 785,466 6,915,653 1,383.987 1,491,461 417,283 1,445.226 942,240 5,680,197 358.418 18,800 700,441 913,116 15,203 3,503,035 34,526 580,411 357.854 370,334 199.237 318.469 335,344 670,476 2,832,125 939,853 775,330 1,284.862 1,183,278 803,413 617,252 279,847 547,159 6,430,994 Average Pauperism, 1880. Indoor. 1,370 738 912 1,186 2,189 930 7,325 2,864 245 3,298 1,791 1,266 Outdoor. 549 960 734 945 1,833 353 1,886 190 4.442 3,203 2,590 9,464 1,142 885 3,557 2,082 12,311 7,606 1,591 1,785 1,350 1,485 1.060 1,228 1,456 3,330 1,907 2,395 1,294 1,593 1,836 430 1,051 13,841 7G6 452 4,056 2,828 Adjusted Relief to the Poor, 1880.

92,364 31,444 58,247 29,826 123,110 42.074 377,065 92,549 21,014 106,608 81,562 54,562 Rate per 1 for Relief, 1880. 1} 1 i 1 4* 356,295 31,981 42,476 101,533 180,777 1 4 2 5 1,435 1,247 423 380 348 987 1,673 6,493 3,399 1,890 4,038 1,494 1,351 2,668 903 2,642 18,385 48,251 50.665 45.377 31,020 31,843 23.639 30,638 23,655 55,063 241,235 77,980 65.107 95,311 66,507 53,844 58,495 32,624 36,197 1 9 1 11 1 f| 2 5j 2 1 1 6 1 10} 2 4J 486,065 1,817.427 TABLE XXII. Parochial Year. 1871 1880 Total Relief to the Poor Adjusted.

1.646,103 1,817,972 Rate per 1 on Rateable Value. In-Mainten- ance.

43(5,208 Outdoor Relief.

412,29!) l JS.422 Ratio of Outdoor Relief to In. 48-6:51-4 27-9:72-1 Mean Number of Paupers. Indoor. 36,739 48,251 Outdoor. 116,554 50,665 Total. 153,293 98,916 Ratio per 1000 of Population. XIV. -- 105