[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow].

  • Walthamstow (England). Borough Council.
Date:
[1937?]
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    8 A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (in acres) 4,343 Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1936) 133,600 Number of Assessments, 1st April, 1936 34,885 Rateable value £825,068 Sum represented by penny rate £3,283 Population.—The Registrar-General's estimate of the popula tion at mid-year, 1936, is 133,600, a decrease of 890 on the previous figure. Social Conditions.-—No appreciable change from 1931 Report. Unemployment.—The degree of unemployment in the area during 1936 may be estimated from the following data kindly supplied by Mr. W. H. Goodfellow, Manager of the Local Employ ment Exchange. The total insured work-people of both sexes in Walthamstow is approximately 30,000, and a test showed that roughly two-thirds of the figures given below related to persons residing in Walthamstow (excluding Juveniles). The following data refer to the whole Exchange area. Date. No. remaining on Register. Total 1936. Total 1935. Amount of benefit paid during month. Men. W omen. 27.1.36 6,191 1,255 7,446 8,254 20,763 24.2.36 5,696 1,148 6,844 7,637 16,053 23.3.36 5,277 1,117 6,394 7,548 19,873 20.4.36 4,838 1,037 5,875 6,791 16,969 25.5.36 4,118 843 4,961 6,215 18,743 29.6.36 3,792 908 4,700 6,149 16,926 27.7.36 3,509 868 4,377 5,882 12,144 31.8.36 3,528 735 4,263 5,448 14,430 28.9.36 3,717 555 4,272 5,618 1] ,308 26.10.36 3,918 531 4,449 5,705 10,023 23.11.36 4,150 722 4,872 6,060 12,664 21.12.36 3,829 727 4,556 6,711 13,269 Mr. Dempsey states that the following were the registrations at the Juvenile Employment Bureau:— Live Register at beginning of year Boys. Girls. Total. 48 96 144 Fresh Registrations during year 1,076 1,171 2,247 Registrations during year 805 670 1,475 Live register at end of year 44 20 64
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