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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

Carshalton 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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The Registrar-General's statistics relating to population and deaths
differ slightly from those compiled from local records. The total figures
in respect of the district as a whole, which are supplied by the RegistrarGeneral,
are set out in this report, but where classification has been
made, e.g., by age groups, sex, wards, etc., it has necessarily been based
on our own records, which may, in the aggregate, show slight discrepancies
compared with the Registrar-General's totals.
UNEMPLOYMENT.
The number of Carshalton men and women registered as unemployed
at the Sutton Employment Exchange and the boys and girls similarly
lecorded by the Local Youth Employment Bureau shortly after the
turn of the year was as follows:—
Men 105
Women 56
Boys 45
Girls 33
The boys and girls include 52 who left school at Christmas, 1949,
and had not yet taken up employment.
POPULATION.
The civilian population at mid-year as estimated by the RegistrarGeneral
rose by 140 to 62,260. The total population, including
non-civilians, was estimated at 62,310, of which 14,269 were under
15 years of age.
Distribution of population by wards at June 30th, 1949, was
estimated as follows:—

Table: TABLE 1.ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, MID-1949, BY WARDS.

TABLE 1.

ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, MID-1949, BY WARDS.

Ward.Houses at Mid-1949.Estimated population Mid-1949.
St. Helier North2,1668.630
St. Helier South1,6997,050
St. Helier West2,0228,380
North-East2,6909,380
North-West2,1567,300
Central1,6986,060
South-East2,1887,730
(Queen Mary's Hospital)1,100
South-West2,0126,680
Whole District16,63162,310