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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
East Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Number of Persons Registered as Unemployed during 1937 at East Ham Employment Exchange.
| (1) Live Register. | January. | February | March. | April. | May. | June. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | |
| (2) Persons normally in Full Time Employment | 1,778 | 41 | 358 | 27 | 1,802 | 38 | 375 | 21 | 1580 | 28 | 325 | 9 | 1,592 | 23 | 280 | 11 | 1,463 | 23 | 259 | 8 | 1,425 | 28 | 244 | 12 |
| (3) Non-Claimants to Benefit (i.e. persons registered for work only) | 371 | 77 | 68 | 60 | 356 | 48 | 87 | 25 | 366 | 17 | 105 | 17 | 265 | 31 | 82 | 19 | 238 | 20 | 79 | 22 | 226 | — | 67 | 6 |
| (4) Persons normally in Casual Employment | 630 | — | 10 | — | 722 | — | 12 | — | 729 | — | 10 | — | 548 | — | 13 | — | 440 | — | 13 | — | 508 | 1 | 16 | — |
| (5) Temporarily stopped | — | — | 100 | 12 | — | 1 | 53 | 2 | — | — | 30 | 5 | — | — | 25 | — | — | 1 | 42 | — | — | — | 51 | 4 |
| Total—1937 | 2,779 | 118 | 536 | 99 | 2,880 | 87 | 527 | 48 | 2,675 | 45 | 470 | 31 | 2,405 | 54 | 400 | 30 | 2,141 | 44 | 393 | 30 | 2,159 | 29 | 378 | 22 |
| Total—1936 | 3,820 | 178 | 785 | 135 | 3,500 | 92 | 711 | 108 | 3,259 | 73 | 627 | 51 | 2,956 | 128 | 618 | 80 | 2,664 | 72 | 530 | 40 | 2,668 | 46 | 498 | 25 |
| (1) Live Register. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | Men | Boys | Wmn. | Girls | |
| (2) Persons normally in Full Time Employment | 1,382 | 25 | 269 | 11 | 1,371 | 25 | 241 | 6 | 1,551 | 36 | 254 | 7 | 1,671 | 51 | 279 | 6 | 1,818 | 49 | 290 | 15 | 1,659 | 46 | 263 | 15 |
| (3) Non-Claimants to Benefit (i.e., persons registered for work only) | 213 | 100 | 67 | 70 | 203 | 107 | 60 | 39 | 224 | 40 | 63 | 13 | 226 | 29 | 85 | 13 | 240 | 14 | 86 | 16 | 214 | 23 | 57 | 6 |
| (4) Persons normally in Casual Employment | 635 | — | 13 | — | 498 | 2 | 9 | — | 647 | 1 | 12 | — | 535 | 2 | 10 | — | 702 | — | 10 | — | 559 | — | 15 | — |
| (5) Temporarily stopped | — | 1 | 80 | 8 | 7 | — | 62 | 4 | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | 64 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 113 | 10 | 63 | — | 133 | 13 |
| Total—1937 | 2,230 | 126 | 429 | 89 | 2,079 | 134 | 372 | 49 | 2,422 | 77 | 383 | 20 | 2,432 | 82 | 438 | 22 | 2,765 | 64 | 499 | 41 | 2,495 | 69 | 468 | 34 |
| Total—1936 | 2,732 | 84 | 469 | 41 | 2,592 | 161 | 414 | 58 | 2,497 | 133 | 381 | 40 | 2,671 | 68 | 424 | 22 | 2,855 | 47 | 412 | 31 | 2,576 | 36 | 399 | 41 |