Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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A (3) Unemployment Figures and Comments
With the co-operation of the Manager of Erith Employment
Exchange, to whom I am indebted for the necessary
information, it is once again possible to give definite figures
with regard to the state of unemployment in the district, as
shown in the following table.
Month and Year | Males | Females | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 and over | Under 18 | 18 and over | Under 18 | ||
December, 1942 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 83 |
December, 1943 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 39 |
December, 1944 | 31 | — | 6 | 3 | 40 |
December, 1945 | 91 | 1 | 133 | 1 | 226 |
December, 1946 | 177 | 12 | 58 | 13 | 260 |
December, 1947 | 131 | 4 | 94 | 5 | 234 |
December, 1948 | 208 | 7 | 129 | 2 | 346 |
December, 1949 | 111 | 8 | 153 | 3 | 275 |
December, 1950 | 114 | 3 | 122 | 1 | 240 |
December, 1951 | 82 | 1 | 103 | 3 | 189 |
December, 1952 | 134 | 1 | 82 | 2 | 219 |
December, 1953 | 101 | 6 | 91 | 9 | 207 |
December, 1954 | 52 | 3 | 74 | 10 | 139 |
December, 1955 | 38 | — | 43 | — | 81 |
December, 1956 | 53 | — | 41 | — | 94 |
December, 1957 | 113 | 7 | 52 | 6 | 178 |
December, 1958 | 222 | 12 | 120 | 3 | 357 |
December, 1959 | 152 | 4 | 72 | 1 | 229 |
December, 1960 | 125 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 190 |
December. 1961 | 96 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 152 |
A(4) STATISTICS
A(4)a General
Area (i) Including River:— 4,607 acres.
Area (ii) excluding River:— 3,859 acres.
Population figure supplied by Registrar General:—
Estimated mid-year Home Population—45,050.
Density of population, i.e. No. of persons per acre
(Based on (ii) above):— 11.67.
No. of inhabited houses at 31st December, 1961.
(Excluding houses with shops and houses with Public
Houses assessed as single hereditaments):— 13,439.
Rateable value at 31st December, 1961:— £920,504.
Sum produced by a penny rate, 1961.
(Product for 1961/62):— £3,803.
Rate in the £ at 31st December, 1961:— 21s. 7d,