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Walthamstow 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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21. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG
PERSONS.
(i) and (ii).—The work of the Juvenile Employment and Welfare
Committee is referred to in the following report by Mr. R. Dempsey,
the Juvenile Employment Officer:—
"The Committee met on 10 occasions during the year, and it is
with regret that they report very little improvement in the employment
position of the district which comes under their supervision,
which is, roughly, Walthamstow and Chingford. In many respects
the year under review is the worst year experienced by the Bureau
since it was opened, although the number of individuals who received
Unemployment Benefit differs very little from the number of the
previous year. The most difficult part of the work has centred round
the boys and girls who had received some form of Higher Education
and thereby remained at school until 16 or 18 years of age. In
the past the majority of these pupils obtained employment without
the help of the Bureau, but they are now obliged to seek assistance.
"Unemployment Insurance.—The number of new entrants to
Unemployment. Insurance at 16 years of age was 1,686, a drop of
354, which is a reflection of the birth rate during the war year, 1916.
"The total number of Unemployment Books exchanged at the
Bureau during the year was 2,710, compared with 2,439 during
the previous year.

"The following statement shows the number of individual payments which were made at the Bureau in respect of Unemployment Insurance during the year, and the total amounts paid:—

Period.Amount Paid.Individual Payments.
Boys.Girls.Total.
January to June£ 105822379543191
July to December67313817372118
Totals£1731361816915309

''Junior Instruction Centres.—The Centres which were opened
in January, 1931, continued during 1932. In January the girls'
section was re-opened with Mrs. Harrison in charge, but the
numbers dropped again, and it was found necessary to close the
afternoon class. The morning class continued until November.
The boys' classes, under Mr. 0'Sullivan, were held throughout the