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Walthamstow 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Between 30th December, 1930, and 21st December, 1931, a
total of £312,872 was paid out in benefits, two-thirds of this amount
(approximately representing the Walthamstow proportion) being
£208,580.
The corresponding figures for 1930 were £117,935 and £78,623
respectively and the very large increases during 1931 plainly show
the increased unemployment with its consequent menace to the
public health.
Mr. Dempsey states that the following were the registrations at the Juvenile Employment Bureau:—
| Fresh Applications:— | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
| Insured (over 16 years) | 540 | 429 | 969 |
| Not insured (under 16 years) | 551 | 560 | 1,111 |
| Re-registrations:— | |||
| Insured | 693 | 416 | 1,109 |
| Not insured | 550 | 611 | 1,161 |
| Employment was obtained for 1,104 boys and girls. | |||
Parks and Recreation Grounds.—In addition to those specified
in the 1930 Report, the North Walthamstow Sports Ground was
purchased during the year by the Education Authority, a loan of
£2,700 being raised for the purpose.
A further loan of £1,887 was sanctioned for the provision of
children's playground equipment at Lloyd and St. James' Parks
and at the Higham Hill, Queens Road and Selborne Road Recreation
Grounds and Chestnuts Farm. The equipment included slides,
ocean waves, rowing pendulum swings, whirling platforms and cradle
swings.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.-The Registrar-General's mid-year, 1931, estimate of population (viz., 134,420) has been used for the calculation of all vital statistics:—
| Males. | Females. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 1,898 | 949 | 949 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 14.5 |
| Illegitimate | 49 | 17 | 32 | |||
| Total | 1,947 | 966 | 981 | |||
| Stillbirths | 59 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths) births | 29.4 | |||
| Deaths | 1,403 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.4 | |||
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in Institutions | 45.1 | |||||
| Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth | From sepsis | 1 | ||||
| ,, other causes | Nil | |||||