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the same Union as lately as 18th November, in which the father, an insured person, was in the infirmary at a cost of 25s. a week, the wife was receiving sick benefit at 10s. a week, and the children were being fed at the

Overlapping of Old Age Pensions and the Poor Law.

Case- paper.	Period.		Days in Infirmary.		Observations.
25798	Oct.	1913	Since 20th Oct.		Still there.
2349	Oct.	1913	22	days
18328	Feb.	1913	10	days„	Also had two Dispensary Orders.
25106	April	1913	64	days„
20520	August	1913	46	days„	Two admissions.
25530	Sept.	1913	51	days„	Also had three Dispensary Orders.
15349	August	1913	7	days„
6184	Sept.	1913	8	days„	Also had two Dispensary Orders.
15227	Feb.	1913	25	days„
	Sept.	1913	21	days„
25448	July	1913	44	days„
	Oct.	1913	Admitted 4th Oct.		Still there.
3549	Nov.	1912	11 days	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$in work- house
	Oct.	1913	22 days„
3714	Sept.	1913	49 days„
Cases of Special Interest.
86	Infirmary 21/4/13 to 15/5/13			States "daughter Martha took her pension all the while she was in the infirmary."
2000	Infirmary 20/9/12 to 1/11/12 28/7/13 to 12/9/13			"O.A.P. 5s., rent 3s. Does a little spinning when well enough." "Friends assist with food."
	Workhouse 15/10/13, still there 15/10/13			"Applies for admission; destitute. Cannot manage on Old Age Pension."
23738	Woman in Infirmary 12/2/12 to 12/3/12 3/9/13, still there			Both man and wife Old Age Pensioners, but they live apart. Man takes both pensions whilst wife is in infirmary.
120	Woman in Infirmary			Both Old Age Pensioners. Man takes pension when wife away.
25628	Infirmary, 29/9/13			Still in infirmary. Son John before Board on 7th October 1913, and "excused." He has since been taking the pension "to pay the rent," but from the report of the R.O. it would appear that the pauper did not pay rent.