[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City.

  • Winchester (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEALTH COMMITTEE, 1932-33. The Mayor : COUNCILLOR ROSS. Chairman: Councillor Newton. Alderman Collis Councillor Gurney-Dixon Alderman Vacher Councillor Hamblin Councillor Edmonds Councillor Perkins Councillor Firmstone Most of the details in that part of the Report dealing with the Sanitary Circumstances of the Area are taken from the Report of the Senior Sanitary Inspector. A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. 1. —Area (in Acres) ... ... ... 3883 2. —Population. Census, 1931 ... ... ... ... 22969 Estimated (R.G., mid. 1933) ... ... 24910 3. —Number of Inhabited Houses. End of 1932 (according to Rate Books) ... 6050 4—Number of Families or Separate Occupiers. Census, 1931 ... ... ... ... ^7^0 5.—Rateable Value (March, 1933) ... ... £22^1 Sum represented by a penny rate ... ... £901 UNEMPLOYMENT. In the absence of any staple industry a considerable proportion of the male adult and adolescent population consists of unskilled labourers. It is this section of the community that suffers most from unemployment; depending upon a precarious livelihood at the best of times, and habitually receiving low wages, continuous or recurring unemployment during the year has hit them severely.