Effects of Unemployment Flashcards
What percentage of PEOPLE lived below the poverty line according to a study produced by Seebohm Rowntree in 1936?
30%
What percentage of UNEMPLOYED WORKERS lived below the poverty line according to Rowntree’s survey?
72.6%
In Stockton-on-Tees (North-East), how much would a poor family spend on food?
3 shillings / 15 pence per week
In Stockton-on-Tees (North-East), how much would a richer family spend on food?
6 shillings / 30 pence per week
In 1936, how many people had a COMPLETELY INADEQUATE diet?
4.5 million people
In 1936, how many people had suffered from SOME FORM of deficiency?
5 million (on top of the 4.5 million whose diets were completely inadequate)
What percentage of the population did John Boyd Orr believe was seriously undernourished?
10%
What percentage of children did John Boyd Orr believe was seriously undernourished?
20%
What did poorer families tend NOT to have in their diets?
Meat, fresh fruit, veg.
What did poorer families’ diets mainly consist of?
Bread, margarine, potato, sugar, tea
Who suffered most during the Depression and why?
Women
1) because they often sacrificed their own needs for their husbands and children
2) National Insurance usually only covered the worker - normally the man. Women therefore were not covered for medical treatment (nor were children)
What was the difference in INFANT MORTALITY RATES between the South East and North East?
In the South East 42 per 1000 children died before their 1st birthday.
In the North East, 76 per 1000 children died before their 1st birthday.
Name three common diseases among poorer children
Bronchitis, rickets, pneumonia
What was a key contributing factor to the spread of disease?
Overcrowded living conditions.
How much more likely was a poor person to catch bronchitis than a rich person?
10 times
