[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION III. SOOiAL OOS^DiTiONS. Poor Law Relief, Unemployment and National Health In- surance.—Much useful iuforiuatiou regarding social and economic conditions having a bearing on the health of the town is furnished in data kindly supplied by the Clerk to the Darlington Board of Guardians, the Manager of the Employment Exchange, and the Clerk to the National Health Insurance Committee. Poor Law Relief.— The number of persons in receipt of relief on 1st January for each of the past nine years was as follows :— Institutions Outdoor Relief Poor Law Asylums Total Widows, Sick & Disabled etc. Unem- ployed Total 1st Jan., 1922 273 94 367 396 192 588 1923 299 104 403 570 1,538 2,108 1924 316 119 435 709 1,793 2,502 , 1925 305 124 429 706 668 1,374 1926 318 128 446 752 966 1,718 • 1927 327 131 458 679 1,205 1,884 1 1928 322 132 * 454 487 1,175 1,662 1929 293 140 433 522 876 1,398' 99 1930 277 133 410 521 731 1,252. The number of assisted unem})loyed persons shown abovt ( is small on account of the relief work which was provided fo^ the able-bodied men of the district. Moreover, the Poor Law Administrative Area is not co' terminous with the County Borough and hence a few of the abov' ) persons may come from outside the Darlington Borough. Unemployment.—The number of unemployed ])ersons o. the Live Register of the Exchange at the end of the year was i men 2,658 ; women 244, compared with men, 2,217 ; women, 24( at the 1st January. The average number of unemployed durin r 1929 has been 2,344 compared with 2,052 for 1928. National Health Insurance.—The total nund)er of insure persons in the Borough was 27,362 of whom 26,137 are alrcad on Doctor’s lists. The number of ])rescri})tions issued was 85, U and the total cost of drugs and appliances, £2,812 11s. 3d.