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TRAMP PROBLEM. ! I

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TRAMP PROBLEM. I NEATH GUARSIANS DISCUSS SURPRISING FACTS. TOu MANY VACRANTS. j At Wednesday's meeting of the Neath Board 01 Guardians, some extraordiiiary ia-ct, and figures were submitted deal- lug with the tramp question. The Chairman k&r. AV-. B. Trick) ?aid the position of Neath as regard the u&? nuisance was a-bsolute? acute. Eor some time past he had eu- deavouz-ed without success to bring about some reform. Many years age- ten to fiîteen-he heard Mr. Keir Hardy Promise that beiore long legislation w ould be framed to relieve the position, but it was as bad to-day as ever. it was more serious in Neath than in any town in Wales. During the last fort- night 618 vagrants had been relieved, winch was taree times more than any -other union in Wales. Something must be radically wrong, and he thought the Board should form a committee to go thoroughly into the matter. He sug- gested 'that a large vagrant ward be erected, and all casuals be detaiup,1 and given a task to perform. Sentimetit Was useless, for they were dealing with a lazy, loafing clae& of men who roamed the country and existed on the chanty Of others. (Hear, hear.) Daaling with Impostors. It Referring to the question, Mr. Hugh 'R. Local Government Board '^ispector, id he entirely agreed with what the chauman had &ukt. What 'I'll?-L "Ile against was not how to deal d, the really deserving and helpless cases, but those imposters who were to be found in the casual wards. The figures as regards the Neath Union "were certainly alarming, and proved that (something was wrong. Com- pared with Swansea, Neath had double the number of tramps every fortnight. That showed a great laxity somewheie; and he thought the reason was because they had not adopted the order of 1882 under which all casuals were deta;;z two nights and had to perform a task. In Cardiff the Order was at once en- foroed ,and not a single per&on had been sent to a lodging l house, and the total number of casual cells was only 65. It seemed to him that most of the tramps applied for casual relief because m Neath it meant a cheap night's lodgings He urged the Board to adopt the Order of 1882 as soon as possible. New Infirmary. Mr. Williams welcomed the sew Board, and referred to the graded in- firmary in course of erection on ine Britonferry road, which, when com- pleted, would be -one of the finest m- firmaries m his district. (Hear, hear). "But," he added, "bricks and mortar are ail very well, but 1 hope you will be wise in selecting an up-to-date and ?aost skilled staff when the time c-oraes. in the administration of out-relief, continued Mr. Williams, the burden deemed to be constantly increasing naainly because of the outside relief allowances made under the Insurance Act, the Old Age Pension Act, and to some extent by the joint action which v.as to be taken between the Board and the Welsh National Insurance Commissioners on the treatment 01 phthisis. Domicillory payment. He found that the domicillorj pay- ment of out-dor relief had not yot been adopted by the Board, but he was glad to nnd ?orts being --to in  dir?f-tion It "as a big task, and ',vould probably mean the appointment of additional officers, but where the sys- tem had been adopted the results had Wn most satisfactory. Whilst going uver the relief cases one thing was ?" conspicuous, and that w» ?h? large number of deserted wives and children; cases where the husbands were in prison be- cause thev neglected the maintenance of their family. That was not the Board's fault, and it was the only suc- ce?stui way to deal with heads of fami- lies who defied them. His advice was to keep them in prison as often as pos- sible, for it would have a good effect on others. Percentage of Pauperism. The percentage of pauperism was fairly high, and during the strike relief there was a big demand—something like £ 1,4 £ 0 being spent over and above the usual relief. That was unfortunate, because it prevented them taking credit for what they had done by way of de- creasing relief. h On the motion of the Chairman, a earty vote of thanks was accorded the t- spector for his presence and observa- Ions.

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