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Walthamstow 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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A—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year
1933) 135,600
Number of Assessments, 1st April, 1933 133,247
Rateable value £692,124
Sum represented by penny rate £2,775
Social Conditions.—No change from 1931 Report.
Unemployment.—The degree of unemployment in the area
during 1933 may be estimated from the following data kindly
supplied by Mr. W. H. Goodfellow, Manager of the Local
Employment Exchange.
The total insured workpeople of both sexes in Walthamstow
is approximately 24,000, and a test showed that roughly twothirds
of the figures given below related to persons residing in
Walthamstow (excluding Juveniles).
The following data refer to the whole Exchange Area.
| Date | No. remaining on Register. | Amount of benefit paid during month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | |||
| £ | |||||
| 23 1 33 | 8,705 | 1,672 | 10,377 | 26,963 | |
| 20 2 33 | 9,007 | 1,663 | 10,670 | 28,772 | |
| 20 3 33 | 8,470 | 1,708 | 10,178 | 28,092 | |
| 24 4 33 | 8,105 | 1,726 | 9,831 | 31,911 | |
| 22 5 33 | 7,291 | 1,561 | 8,852 | 24,395 | |
| 26 6 33 | 6,988 | 1,334 | 8,322 | 27,664 | |
| 24 7 33 | 6,683 | 1,306 | 7,989 | 20,862 | |
| 21 8 33 | 6,385 | 1,088 | 7,473 | 19,102 | |
| 25 9 33 | 6,355 | 930 | 7,285 | 22,856 | |
| 23 10 33 | 6,730 | 895 | 7,625 | 17,845 | |
| 20 11 33 | 6,737 | 1,040 | 7,777 | 17,713 | |
| 25 12 33 | 6,465 | 1,153 | 7,618 | 23,132 | |