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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
Wandsworth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Number of applicants provided with work through the Distress
Committee:—
(a) By Central Body 249
(b) By Borough Council Nil*
Particulars of assistance given by Central Body:—
A.—COLONY.
(a) Number of individual men passed through the Colony 59
(b) Average duration of work 10 weeks
(c) Average allowance paid 15/4 weekly
(d) Total amount paid as allowances £456 7s. 8d.
B.-NON-COLONY.
(a) Number of individual men provided with work 194
(b) Average duration of work 6 weeks
(c) Total amount of wages paid £1,078 8s. od.
C.—WOMEN'S WORK.
(a) Number of individual women provided with work 7
(h) Average duration of work 8½ weeks
Number who did not take up work offered, and reasons:—
| Obtained work since Registering. | Untraceable thro' change of address. | Refused work. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| (a) Colony Work | 19 | 2 | ||||
| (b) Non-Colony Work | 69 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Total | 88 | I | 9 | |||
*Extensive works have been carried out during the past year by the
Wandsworth Borough Council in conjunction with the Central
(Unemployed) Body for London; the work executed being the forming
of embankment to River at Garratt Park, and the widening of Tooting
Bee Road.