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Show In England and Wales there Is a c on-stantly on-stantly Increasing number of paupers On July 1, 1904, the number of persons In the named countries receiving poor relief was 754,0-16, an Increase of 24 204 over the number the year before. For the last half of 1904, there was paid for maintenance of paupers In the poor-houses, poor-houses, $7972.790, for out relief." 699,740. a total of $15.672.M0, an increase in-crease of $400,000 compared with the last half of the year before. For the Insane poor the cost In asylums was $5,784,010 for the half year, a total of $21,457,010 for the six months; tho cost for the year will easily reach $42,000,000 The general poor-rate amounted for the half-yeor of IS"! to 44 c ents per capita Of the whole population; the County of London paid 72 cents per head Of Its total population on poor account The U. S consul at Southampton, who gUcs these figures, says that the plan of maintaining the children of the poor, or sue h as may be In the poorhouses or "unions." in cottages and houses of that character. Is happily finding a verj general adoption, no less than 12s "unions" now maintaining the children chil-dren away from the pauperizing effects ef-fects of poorhouse association. |