[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Scunthorpe Borough.

  • Scunthorpe (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Scunthorpe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ihc working population of Scunthorpe continues to be almost completely employed and there are still more jobs available than there are people to fill them. The larger industries have pointed out that they are short of key personnel who refuse to come to Scun¬ thorpe because they cannot obtain houses and to solve this problem some ‘ioo new houses in excess of the Borough’s ordinary housing allocation have been given by the Ministry to be allotted to persons whom the industries consider to be key personnel. Estimation of the labour force and its distribution in the Borough is very difficult because many of the workers tra\’el in from the outlying villages to work in the town. However, the following estimates have been made from the information available. If it is borne in mind that these estimates include much of the population of the Brigg area and of the Isle of Axholme, they become of con¬ siderable value in giving an overall picture of how the population is employed: — Industry Males Females Total Metal . 13,211 1,114 14,325 Agriculture . 4,17G 730 4,1K)6 Distributive Trades . 1,781 1,885 3,666 Building and Civil Engineering. 3,202 48 3,250 Transport . 1,553 388 1,941 Mining . 1,748 07 1,815 Other Services (Hairdressing, Laundries, etc.) . 377 1,372 1,749 Engineering . 1,180 85 1,271 Chemicals . 1,028 121 1,149 Insurance, Nat. and Local Govt. 696 254 950 Professional Services . 305 639 944 Food and Drink . 513 266 779 Vehicles . 611 61 672 Clothing . 92 233 325 Entertainments . 62 122 184 Gas, Electricity, Water . 105 6 111 Wood . 93 5 98 Paper and Printing . 43 34 i t Metal Goods . 51 21 72 Miscellaneous . 334 82 416 31,167 7,533 38,700 Of a grand total of B(S,70(), ;}1,1G7 are males and 7,58o are females. This indicates that there are fewer married women going out to work in the area than would have been expected because many of the employed women are likely to be unmarried. The healthy, well-cared for appearance of the children in the town is in part a consequence of this. By far the greatest number of men is employed mainly on shift work, in the metal industry; the next largest group which is less than one-third of the size of the first is agriculture. The next four groups