Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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, midyear,
1935) 134,490
Number of Assessments, 1st April, 1935 34,457
Rateable value £812,353
Sum represented by penny rate £3,245
Population.—The Registrar-General's estimate of the
population at mid-year, 1935, is 134,490, a decrease of 600 on
the previous figure.
Social Conditions.—No appreciable change from 1931
Report.
Unemployment.—The degree of unemployment in the
area during 1935 may be estimated from the following data
kindly supplied by Mr, W. H. Goodfellow, Manager of the
Local Employment Exchange.
The total insured work-people of both sexes in Walthamstow
is approximately 25,000, and a test showed that roughly
two-thirds of the figures given below related to persons
residing in Walthamstow (excluding Juveniles).
The following data refer to the whole Exchange Area.
Date. | No. Men. | remaining on Women. | Register. Total 1935. | Total 1934. | Amount of benefit paid during month. £ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
28.1.35 | 6,760 | 1,494 | 8,254 | 7,552 | 22,593 |
25.2.35 | 6,225 | 1,412 | 7,637 | 7,295 | 23,062 |
25.3.35 | 5,983 | 1,565 | 7,548 | 6,379 | 16,377 |
29.4.35 | 5,578 | 1,213 | 6,791 | 5,857 | 24,295 |
27.5.35 | 5,276 | 939 | 6,215 | 5,324 | 18,432 |
24.6.35 | 5,141 | 1,008 | 6,149 | 5,158 | 17,319 |
22.7.35 | 4,951 | 931 | 5,882 | 5,178 | 16,534 |
26.8.35 | 4,646 | 802 | 5,448 | 4,791 | 19,433 |
23.9..35 | 4,799 | 819 | 5,618 | 5,049 | 14,761 |
21.10.35 | 4,971 | 734 | 5,705 | 5,142 | 14,897 |
25.11.35 | 5,111 | 949 | 6,060 | 5,504 | 19,721 |
30.12.35 | 5,538 | 1,173 | 6,711 | 6,670 | 20,918 |