It is difficult to speak definitely as to the permanent influence upon these people of Labour House treatment. The proportion who leave the House "reformed" in the usual acceptance of the word is, no doubt, small, as the large percentage of re-committals proves. Viewing the institution less from the individual than the social standpoint, however, the fact remains that under restraint the average loafer shows that he is able to work, and to work well. Not only so, but the cost of his detention is not excessive. During the year to which all the foregoing figures relate, the entire cost of maintenance and administration, both of the Labour House and the Hospital, including interest at 3-1/2 per cent. upon the value of the land and buildings, was £55,101, or deducting £5,236 received for work done by the inmates (exclusive of that done for the establishment), £49,865, equal to 1s. 3d. per head per day for the whole of the inmates. The cost of able-bodied inmates only was estimated at a fraction under 11d. per head per day, or 6s. 3d. per week. Tables are added showing the average number of inmates in the Labour House during the years 1899 to 1908, and the commitments for begging only during nineteen years:-- _Average Number of Inmates (all Classes)._ --------------+--------+----------+-------- | Males. | Females. | Total. +--------+----------+-------- 1899 | 1,080 | 124 | 1,204 1900 | 1,107 | 151 | 1,258 1901 | 1,128 | 150 | 1,278 1902 | 1,600 | 152 | 1,752 1903 | 1,660 | 117 | 1,777 1904 | 1,694 | 145 | 1,839 1905 | 1,849 | 129 | 1,978 1906 | 1,685 | 117 | 1,802 1907 | 1,369 | 65 | 1,434 1908 | 1,403 | 58 | 1,461 --------------+--------+----------+-------- _Commitments for Begging._ -----------------------+------------------ 1889-1890 709 | 1900 641 1890-1891 656 | 1901 868 1891-1892 916 | 1902 984 1892-1893 1,253 | 1903 1,053 1894 1,087 | 1904 1,008 1895 925 | 1905 823 1896 824 | 1906 587 1897 715 | 1907 594 1898 633 | 1908 662 1899 735 | -----------------------+------------------