[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton UDC 1913].

  • Sutton (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1914]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton UDC 1913]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^ OCCUPATION OF RESIDENTS. A great part of the population is engaged in business in London. The remainder consists chiefly of tj'adesmen and their assistants, gardeners, and those connected with the building trade. A considerable number of women are employed in laundries. RELIEF. Amount of Poor-law relief for the year ending I,ady-day, 1913 :— M. F. Children Total. Cost. In Maintenance 156 98 70 324 £1406 4 8i Oufc-Relief 80 196 209 485 £686 0 2^* Total 23C 294 279 809 £2092 4 11 * Not including children boarded out within or beyond the union nor persons in receipt of non-resident relief, nor persons in hospitals or training homes, etc. Gratuitous treatment was afforded during the year 1913 to 182 patients in the Sutton Cottage' Hospital. I'here is no out-patient department. POPULATION. In my Report for 1912 details were given as to the distribution of the population on provisional informa¬ tion supplied by the Census Office. A further and final report was received by me last April, and the figures are set out below. INHABITED BUILDINGS. Kind of Building. Number. Population Ordinary dwelling houses 3640 17926 Block of flats ; 7 ; separate fiats 33 105 Shops 276 1230 Hotels, Inns, &G. 27 179 Offices, Warehouses, &c. 9 47 Other Buildings 19 60 Houseless — 2 4004 19549 Institutions 8 1721 21270