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Hornsey 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
IN THE AREA.
I am indebted to Mr. Parry, Relieving Officer, for the following summary of cases and cost of relief and assistance (public and voluntary), so far as he knows it, during the year 1931: —
| Number of Cases. | Cost. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s.. | d. | ||
| 1,177 | Out-relief Public Assistance | 17,590 | 8 | 11 |
| 267 | Old Age Pensions | 6,942 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Widows' Pensions | 966 | 15 | 6 |
| 20 | Disability Pensions and Reserve Pay | 145 | 4 | 6 |
| 86 | National Health Insurance benefit | 170 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | Wives of Unemployed (earnings) | 140 | 2 | 3 |
| 43 | Hornsey Central Distress Committee | 32 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Fund administered by Mrs. Lovell-Harrison | 16 | 15 | 6 |
| 53 | Boot Fund administered by the Director of Education. Hornsey | 21 | 15 | 8 |
| 503 | Hornsey British Legion | 1,274 | 5 | 6 |
| 106 | United Services Fund, Hornsey | 541 | 12 | 7 |
| 57 | Muswell Hill British Legion | 105 | 9 | 10 |
| 17 | United Services Fund, Muswell Hill | 43 | 12 | 0 |
| 40 | Hornsey Parochial Charity | 805 | 14 | 0 |
| 505 | Hornsey Coal Charity | 117 | 0 | 0 |
| 245 | Hornsey Y.M.C.A.—Coals and Parcels | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| 3,185 | Education Authority—Milk for necessitous children | 320 | 0 | 0 |
| Hornsey Borough Council—Milk for mothers and children | 280 | 0 | 0 | |
| Care Committee, Hornsey Schools— Spectacles, etc. | 67 | 12 | 5 | |
| Mayor's Fund—Milk for necessitous children | 130 | 7 | 2 | |
| Unemployment benefit to cases in receipt of Out-relief | 3,248 | 6 | 3 | |
| Incorporated Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society and grants from Regimental Associations (per Mrs. French) | 83 | 10 | 1 | |
| Cost | 33,074 | 3 | 2 | |