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A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA
Area (in acres) 4,343
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, mid-year 1949)—-
Civilian 123,400
Total 123,500
Number of Assessments (1st April, 1949) 35,908
Rateable Value £887,366
Sum represented by penny rate £3,600
Population.—The Registrar - General's Estimate of the
civilian population at mid-year 1949 is 123,400, an increase of 700
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 500 women were placed in employment
during the year 1949 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 approximately 82,000
in 1949. Of this number, it is estimated that about 40,000 were
employed in Walthamstow. During 1949 the average number of
persons unemployed in the whole area was 790 men and 200
women : these included approximately 140 disabled men and 25
disabled women.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The Registrar-General's midyear
1949 estimate of the civilian population (viz., 123,400) has
been used for the calculation of all vital statistics.
Total Males Females
Legitimate 1,771 944 827 Birth rate per
Live Illegitimate 65 32 33 1,000 of the
Births Total 1,836 976 860 estimated civilian
population 14.9
Stillbirths 27 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 14.5
deaths 1,299 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
civilian population 10.5