[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough].

  • Lambeth (London, England)
Date:
[1938]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 has been redressed to some extent by the provision of community centres. Movements are afoot now to provide community centres on Council estates in the district with workshops for repairing foot wear and furniture which, owing to noise cause nuisance in flats, as well as facilities for cultural and social recreations and amenities. Numerous minor changes in labour conditions are continually being made as small new factories are opened and others close. There is, however, a definite increase in the demand for cleaners for the large numbers of new offices erected or in process of building across the river in Westminster, which is largely met by the women population in Lambeth. It is a moot point to what extent the increase in the family income resulting from the early morning and late evening work done by the office cleaning mother is counterbalanced by the deleterious effect upon her vitality— reflected in the home—from prolonged hours of work and absence at important times. Unemployment. The following tables indicate the extent of unemployment among Lambeth residents:— (1) Average Number of Residents Registered as Unemployed in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937. Date Men Women Juveniles Total 1931 7,894 2,772 354 11,020 1932 9,771 2,173 419 12,363 1933 8,976 1,193 287 11,256 1934 7,629 1,707 224 9,560 1935 7,171 1,758 160 9,089 1936 6,350 1,845 164 8,359 1937 6,272 1,838 – 8,110