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A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1947) 122,470
Number of Assessments, 1st April, 1947 35,348
Rateable Value £870,280
Sum represented by penny rate £3,520
Population.—The Registrar-General's Estimate of the
population at mid-year, 1947, is 122,470, an increase of 4,420
on the previous figure.
The graph given below shows the population during the last
nine years.
Unemployment.—According to information kindly supplied by
Mr. Percy C. Graham, Manager of the Local Employment
Exchange, approximately 900 men and 200 women were placed
in employment every month during the year 1947, through the
placing machinery of the Employment Exchange. The number
of (insured persons employed in the whole area covered by
the Exchange, comprising the boroughs of Walthamstow, Leyton,
Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford, was 61,000 in July, 1947.
Of these, it is estimated that about 31,000 were employed in
Walthamstow. During 1947, the average number of persons
unemployed in the whole area was 780 men and 100 women ; these
included 150 disabled men and 20 disabled women. Apart from
certain older men and some badly disabled persons, the majority
of unemployed men and women were placed in suitable employment
within a short period, and there was a steady demand for both male
and female workers throughout the year.