[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City.

  • Worcester (England). City Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Social Conditions.—The capital town of an agri¬ cultural county, Worcester serves as an administrative, social and educational centre. Its historical and re¬ ligious associations have steeped it in tradition. While it enjoys the honours, it also suffers from the infirmities of age. Houses are old, slums are not few and room for expansion is limited. This latter disability will fortunately be alleviated by the extension of the City boundaries in October next, when an area of 1,699 acres (of which 315 acres will at once be available for building purposes) will be added. Occupations.—Numbers of the inhabitants cater for the needs of the County in trade and administrative work. The old industries of glove-making and porcelain manufacture—at present somewhat depressed—find oc¬ cupation for many, while others are engaged in agricul¬ ture ; boot-making; tin-plate production; the manu¬ facture of the well-known “Worcester” Sauce; brewing; wholesale tailoring; metal casting, etc. No particular industry can be said to have an appreciable deleterious effect upon health. The posses¬ sion of these numerous minor industries safeguards the City against the effects that depression of a single large industry would produce. Nevertheless, during the year the unemployment figures rose from 1,754 in January to 2,889 in December. The lowest figure was in June when the figure was 1.587-