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Table showing Number of Children for whom Maintenance is paid by Charitable Aid Boards, &c., at 31st March, 1898, and 31st March, 1899.

STATISTICS AS TO OUTDOOR RELIEF. Table I.—Causes of Poverty (Chief Causes, not Tributary Causes). (This table refers to out-door relief and to heads of families only.)

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