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Leyton 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: SECTION 29DOMESTIC HELP.Seven years have now elapsed since Leyton Council, the then Maternity and Child Welfare Authority, extended their scheme for domestic help by including the provision of domestic help in necessitous cases other than mothers and infants ; and some idea of the work may be gathered from these figures:—

SECTION 29

DOMESTIC HELP.

Seven years have now elapsed since Leyton Council, the then Maternity and Child Welfare Authority, extended their scheme for domestic help by including the provision of domestic help in necessitous cases other than mothers and infants ; and some idea of the work may be gathered from these figures:—

YearNumber of cases
MaternityOtherTotal
194721127238
194816285247
1949168214382
1950136464600
1951119564683
195288547635
195369693762

Table: (a)Number of helps and hours worked:—

(a)Number of helps and hours worked:—

Number of domestic helps enrolled at end of year—
Whole-time helps16
Regular part-time helps65
Number of domestic helps actually employed at end of year80
Number of hours worked during year101,965¾

Table: (6) Work of the Domestic Help Organiser:—

(6) Work of the Domestic Help Organiser:—

(1) First Visits312
(2) Re-visits to beneficiaries—
(a) Domestic help present254
(b) Domestic help not present650
(3) Other visits374