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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chiswick 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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| Unemployed Relief. | Ordinary Relief. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | s. | s. | |||||||
| Eastern District | 357 | 14 | 7½ | 4,142 | 12 | 0½ | |||
| Central District | 233 | 6 | 5 | 1,011 | 15 | 2 | |||
| £591 | 1 | 0½ | £5,154 | 7 | 2½ | £5,745 | 8 | 5 | |
| 1925:— | |||||||||
| Eastern District | 212 | ||||||||
| Central District | 81 | ||||||||
| Total | 293 | ||||||||
| Eastern District | 117 | ||||||||
| Central District | 36 | ||||||||
| Total | 153 | ||||||||
It should be noted that the above figures as to Medical
Relief do not include persons permanently in receipt of OutRelief,
such as widows with families, aged poor and orphans,
and also that the District Medical Officer (Dr. A. D. Ducat.,
D.S.O.) has given free medical treatment to a large
number of Old Age Pensioners without troubling them to
obtain Official Orders from the Relieving Officer. Further,
that many medical orders issued, which have subsequently
resulted in admission to Hospital, are not included in these
figures.
The amount of relief was abnormally high in 1921,
1922 and 1923, but there has been since that time, particularly
during 1925, a steady decrease, and it appears that
this is likely to continue. The various relief works set up by
the Council also very greatly helped towards reducing the
amount of distress, and had a marked effect upon keeping
the men fit for work.