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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
Edmonton 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The extent of unemployment may be estimated by the following figures relating to :—
| (1) the number of free dinners given to schoolchildren, and | |
| (2) the actual figures supplied by the Director of Public Assistance. | |
| No. 1 is given purely on economic grounds. | |
| (1) Number of free dinners during 1943 | 88,457 |
| ,, ,, paid ,, „ 1943 | 725,313 |
| „ free „ „ 1944 | 67,007 |
| „ „ paid „ „ 1944 | 590,916 |
The reduction in the number of dinners supplied compared with 194-3 due to second evacuation owing to flying-bomb attacks.
| (2) Figures re out relief :— | Persons. | Amount. |
|---|---|---|
| For the year 1943- | ||
| 1,669 | £18,953 | |
| (b) Unemployed out-relief | 13 | 8 |
| 1,682 | £18,961 | |
| For the year 1944— | ||
| (c) Ordinary out-relief | 2,163 | £21,295 |
| (b) Unemployed out-relief | Nil | Nil |
| 2,163 | £21,295 | |
| Live Births. | M. | F. | Total. | Grand Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 973 | 858 | 1,831 | |
| Illegitimate | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1,921 |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 of population | 20.97 | |||
| Legitimate | 26 | 16 | 42 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
| Total of live and stillbirths | 1,965 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total births | 22.39 | |||
| .Number | 497 | 480 | 977 | |
| Rate per 1,000 population | 10.66 | |||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths). | |||
| Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | — | 0.00 | ||
| Other maternal causes | 2 | 1.01 | ||
| 2 | 1.01 | |||