Statistics of poor relief in England and Wales for the year 1851, compiled from the fourth annual report of the Poor Law Board

Abstract

The expenditure for the relief of the poor in England and Wales during the year ended Lady-day, 1851, amounted to #4,962,704, being a decrease of #432,318, or 8 per cent, as compared with the expenditure of the preceding year. The sum expended in the year ended Lady-day, 1851, amounted to 5s. 6d. per head on the population, and in the preceding year to 6s. 1d., being a decrease of 7d. per head. In two counties a small increase has taken place in the expenditure of 1851, as compared with that of 1850; but in all the other counties there has been a decrease.