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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1936 23,772
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1935 22,566
Rateable Value, April, 1936 £624,723
Estimated product of one penny in the £ for the year ending
March 31st, 1937 £2,600
Rates in the £ for the year ending March 31st, 1937 12s. 6d.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The extent of unemployment may be estimated by the following figures,
relating to:—
(1) the municipal milk supply to nursing mothers and young children,
(2) the number of free dinners given to school children, and
(3) the actual figures supplied by the Director of Public Assistance.
Both (1) and (2) are given on purely economic grounds.
(1) Municipal Milk Supply:—
Number of pints granted at ½ cost during 1934
77,350
| „ „ „ „ „ 1935 | 31,297 | ||
| „ „ „ Free „ 1935 | 53,006 | ||
| „ „ „ Free „ 1936 | 82,929 | ||
| „ „ „ at ½ cost ,, 1936 | 6,454 | ||
| (2) Number of free dinners durinj 1934 | 103,368 | ||
| „ „ „ 1935 | 89,076 | ||
| „ „ „ 1936 | 68,227 | ||
| (3) Figures re out-relief— | Cases. | Amount. | |
| For the year 1934 | 3,163 | £ 54,336 | |
| For the year 1935:— | |||
| (a) Ordinary out-relief | 3,335 | 37,008 | |
| (b) Unemployed out-relief | 3,383 | 18,832 | |
| 6,718 | £55,840 | ||
| For the year 1936:— | Cases. | Amount. £ | |
| (a) Ordinary out-relief | 3,918 | 42,238 | |
| (6) Unemployed out-relief | 3,443 | 13,970 | |
| 7,361 | £56,208 | ||
The number of cases shown for 1934 is in respect of individual units,
but those for the years 1935 and 1936 relate to the actual number of individuals.
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