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The Registrar-General's statistics relating to population and deaths
differ slightly from those compiled from local records. The total
figures in respect of the district as a whole, which are supplied by the
Registrar-General, are set out in this report, but where classification
has been made, e.g., by age groups, sex, wards, etc., it has fiecessarily
been based on our own records, which may, in the aggregate, show slight
discrepancies compared with the Registrar-General's totals.
UNEMPLOYMENT.
The number of unemployed Carshalton residents registered at the
Sutton Exchange at the end of the year was
Men 120
Women 71
Boys 8
Girls 5
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
The following information as to public assistance afforded in the
district is supplied by the Chief Public Assistance Officer of the Surrey
County Council :—
Medical Relief: Total number of persons in Carshalton
admitted to Public Assistance Institutions or Homes
during 12 months ended 31st December, 1947 68
Total number of persons from Carshalton admitted to Mental
Hospitals during 12 months ended 31st December, 1947 ... 86

Total amount of domiciliary relief paid to persons resident in
Carshalton during 1947 £17,037 19s. 4d.
POPULATION.
The population increase over the year before is in the region of
1,500, of which natural increase and the return of Service members
accounted for the greater part.
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