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Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 28.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births 29.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 24.4
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 102
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4
Social Conditions.
There are no large scale industries carried on in the
area, and there is little to add to my previous reports
under this heading.
Unemployment.
The Manager, of the Employment Exchange has
kindly supplied the following details:—
1. Recorded unemployment at the end of
ber, 1939:—
(a) Men 878
(b) Women 572
2. Highest figure reached during 1939:—
(a) Men 1258 on 10th January, 1939.
(b) Women 725 on 30th October, 1939.
The peak figure in the case of men was directly due
to stoppage of' work in January, 1939, owing to weather
conditions and a large proportion of those work-people
were "temporarily stopped," and returned to their
former employment as soon as climatic conditions
improved.
The peak figure for women was due to the war, which
resulted in many London employers reducing staffs
owing to business falling off and evacuation to a distance
beyond daily travelling facilities. By the end of the
year under review a marked improvement had begun,
due to the employment opportunities resulting from the
increasing war effort.