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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
Barking 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(c) Unemployment.
The following table shows a comparative statement of local unemployed by industries as at December, 1938, and December, 1939
| Dec. 1939. | Dec. 1938. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Pood | 14 | 12 | 3 | |
| Electrical and Wireless | 33 | 29 | 2 | |
| Building Trade and Painters | 147 | 179 | 1 | |
| Works of Construction | 100 | - | 145 | - |
| Engineering | 41 | 7 | 31 | 2 |
| Domestic | 9 | 77 | 18 | 50 |
| Rubber Workers | 9 | 13 | 19 | |
| Commercial | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Road and Water Transport | 27 | 2 | 1 | |
| Clothing | 11 | 53 | 12 | 35 |
| Distributive Trades | 141 | 90 | 133 | 52 |
| Government and Professional | 7 | 1 | - | |
| Tin Box Manufacture | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Matches | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| Chemicals | 22 | 26 | ||
| Printing | 22 | 21 | 17 | 13 |
| Asbestos | 8 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| Woodworking and French Polishing | 53 | 7 | 2 | |
| Agriculture | 6 | 19 | 7 | 25 |
| General Labourers and Factory Hands | 65 | 633 | 185 | |
| Mineral Water Manufacture | 7 | - | 1 | |
| Leather Trades | - | 2 | - | |
| Gas and Water | 51 | 2 | - | |
| 1,050 | 1+61 | 1,363 | 423 | |
(d) Travelling Facilities.
Once again I regret to report that there has been
no improvement in the standard of travelling conditions to
and from Barking; in fact the reduction in the number of
trains and buses at the beginning of the war meant that the
travelling facilities deteriorated. Black-out conditions,
too, tended to make travelling more irksome.
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