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A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's, Estimate, mid-year 1948) 122,700
Number of Assessments (1st April, 1948) 35,740
Rateable Value £892,302
Sum represented by penny rate £3,510
Population.— The Registrar-General's Estimate of the
population at mid-year, 1948, is 122,700, an increase of 230
on the previous figure.
Unemployment.—According to information kindly supplied by
Mr. Percy C. Graham, Manager of the Local Employment Exchange,
approximately 1,100 men and 550 women were placed in employment
every month during the year 1948, through the placing
machinery of the Exchange. The number of persons insured under
the National Insurance Acts, employed in the whole area covered
by the Exchange, comprising the Boroughs of Walthamstow,
Leyton, Chingford, Woodford and Wanstead, was 82,000 in July,
1948. Of this number it is estimated that about 40,000 were
employed in Walthamstow. During 1948, the average number
of persons unemployed in the whole area was 930 men and 230
women; these included approximately 160 disabled men and 25
disabled women.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The Registrar-General's midyear,
1948, estimate of the population (viz., 122,700) has been
used for the calculation of all vital statistics:—
Total Males Females
Live Births Legitimate 1,975 1,032 943 Birth rate per
Illegitimate 93 40 53 1,000 of the
Total 2,068 1,072 996 estimated resident
population 16.8
Stillbirths 46 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 21.7
Deaths 1,243 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population 10.1