[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

  • Northampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Total Live Register in January, 1936 (including 1,291 temporarily stopped persons and 511 non-claimants) . 4,431 Total Live Register in July, 1936 (including 1,238 temporarily stopped persons and 375 non-claimants) . 3,472 Total Live Register in December, 1936 (including 1,770 temporarily stopped persons and 346 non-claimants) . 4,274 These figures shew a general all-round decrease on those for the corresponding periods in 1935. The figure for December is somewhat high owing to the increase of temporarily stopped workers as a result of extended Christmas holidays. Generally, conditions remain satisfactory in all the chief sources of employment in the Borough. During the week ended 26th December, 180 men, on whom depended 90 women and 76 children, received unem¬ ployment relief from the Public Assistance Committee, Again I am pleased to say these figures shew a considerable fall when compared with those for the corresponding date in 1935. The Borough Engineer has supplied the following in¬ formation relating to the principal public works upon which unemployed labour was engaged :— Contract Works :— Far Cotton Main Drainage Extension ; Kingsthorpe Main Drainage Extension. Departmental Works—Direct Labour :— Abington Housing Estate—Sewer and Road Works ; St. David’s Housing Estate—Sewer and Road Works ; Spencer Bridge Road Housing Estate—Sewer and and Road Works ; Swan Street-—Sewer Reconstruction ; Welford Road—-New Surface Water Sewer ; London Road—Main Drainage ; Upper Mounts—Street Widening ; Duston Road—Street Widening ; Weedon Road—-Street Widening ; St. Andrew’s Road—Street Widening ; Queen Eleanor Road—Street Widening ; Gas Street— Street Improvement ; Bridge Street —Construction of Car Park ; Surface Dressing of Roads. The above works were not executed essentially for the relief of unemployment, but in accordance with the policy of the Council any labour required extra to the regular staff of the Borough Engineer’s Department was engaged for periods not exceeding eight weeks through Employment Exchange channels ; 498 men were so employed.