Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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UNEMPLOYMENT.
The Manager of the Employment Exchange has kindly supplied
the following information with regard to unemployment during 1951:
"Employment prospects during the year were always good, and
the Festival of Britain provided additional openings, with the result
that during the summer our Unemployed Register reached its lowest
figure for several years. The Building Industry in the area has been
busy until the last weeks of the year, when the labour demands
showed signs of falling off. Placings in this industry were greatly
in excess of any other local industry.
The Unemployed Register consists mainly of men of 50 years of
age and upwards, disabled persons, and women who are registered
for part-time work, for which there is very little local demand."
OPEN-AIR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.
Commons, Public Recreation Grounds and Gardens.
603 acres of land have been secured or reserved for public recreational purposes within the Borough, representing 9.2 per cent. of the total acreage of the Borough.
Acres. | Roods. | Poles | |
---|---|---|---|
Bromley Public Golf Course | 56 | 1 | 8 |
Church House Grounds | 12 | 3 | 20 |
Elmstead Wood | 61 | 1 | 36 |
Golf Course Playing Fields | 41 | 1 | 5 |
Hayes Common (including Pickhurst Green) | 213 | 1 | 32 |
Hollydale Open Space | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Husseywell Open Space | 2 | 1 | 30 |
Keston Common | 55 | 1 | 24 |
Kings Meadow Recreation Ground | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Library Garden | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Martins Hill Recreation Ground | 12 | 0 | 29 |
Oakley Road Recreation Ground | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pickhurst Green Recreation Ground | 12 | 2 | 14 |
Queens Garden Recreation Ground | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Queens Mead Recreation Ground | 10 | 3 | 15 |
Southborough Open Space | 6 | 0 | 0 |
The Knoll Open Space | 4 | 1 | 39 |
Turpington Open Space | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Whitehall Recreation Ground | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Widmore Open Space | 3 | 1 | 28 |
250 | |||
Hayes (Old) Rectory Grounds | 2 | 0 | |
Hillcrest Open Space | 0 | 2 | |
New Street Hill Open Space | 11 | 2 | 80 |
Norman Park | 56 | 0 | |
603 | 1 | 13 |