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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| 3,896 | |
| Census of 1921 | 66,809 |
| Census of 1931 | 77,652 |
| Estimated by the Registrar-General for mid-year 1948 | 105,800 |
| Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1948 | 28,200 |
| Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1947 | 28,063 |
| £762,754 | |
| Estimated product of 1d. in the £ for the year ending March 31st, 1949 | £3,025 |
| 18s. 6d. |
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
(1) the number of free dinners given to schoolchildren, and
(2) the actual figures supplied by the Divisional Finance Officer.
No. 1 is given purely on economic grounds.
(1) Number of free dinners during 1947 71,101
„ „ paid „ „ 1947 1,136,253
„ „ free „ „ 1948 69,249
„ „ paid „ „ 1948 1,307,634
The average number of children receiving meals daily was 6,259 (48.7%
of the children in school).
Under the Milk in Schools Scheme an average of 11,863 children (96.6% of the children in Junior and Infants' Departments and 77.2% in Secondary Schools), had milk daily.
| (2) Figures re out relief:— | Amount. |
| For the year 1947— | |
| £26,801 | |
| Nil | |
| £26,801 | |
| £23,400 | |
| „ „ 1-4-1948 - 5-7.48 | 5,800 |
| (b) Unemployed out-relief | Nil |
| £29,200 |
| M. | F. | Total. | Grand Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 831 | 796 | 1,627 | |
| Illegitimate | 28 | 31 | 59 | 1,686 |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 of population | 15.93 | |||
| Legitimate | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 |
| Total of live and stillbirths | 1,731 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total births | 25.99 |