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 Chigwell]
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Temporary Assistant Sanitary Inspector (January ist, 1940—May,
1940):—
E. A. Ellis, A.R.San.I.
Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Joint Board
Certificate.
Royal Sanitary Institute Certificate for Inspector of Meat and
Other Foods.
Temporary Assistant Sanitary Inspector (May, 1940—December,
1940):
P. T. Shelton, A.R.San.I., A.A.I.
Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Joint Board
Certificate.
Clerk : Miss J. Warriner.
Section A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,970 (14 sq. miles approx.).
Population (30th June, 1940) Reg. Gen. Figures—24,850
(estimated).
Number of inhabited houses 7,843
Rateable Value £243,934
Sum represented by a
Penny Rate £918
The rateable value has increased by over £3,342, as against
over £20,000 in 1939.
The sum obtained from a penny rate decreased by £2.
The rate in the pound for 1940/41 was 14/-.
The following information regarding unemployment for 1940 has
been supplied by the Ministry of Labour.
The figures relate to the district for which the Exchange operates, of which the Chigwell Urban District is a part only.
Men. | Women. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wholly Unemployed, 1940 | 157 | 228 | 4 | 6 | 395 |
Temporarily suspended from work | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
168 | 231 | 4 | 6 | 409 | |
Total Unemployed, 1939 | 383 | 258 | 23 | 26 | 690 |