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Social: Three points and the Jarrow crusade |
- The unemployment benefit in 1937 was 36s. a week while S.B. Rowntree concluded that a family of five would require 43s. a week to be above the poverty line.
- The pilgrim trust's 'Men without work' reported that the psychological effects of unemployment were significant, resulting in gloomy acceptance.
- A result of mass unemployment was migration to find work. One million workers migrated from Wales and the north to the Midlands, London and the south East to places such as Oxford and Slough where they would look for new work in the light industries.
There were many hunger marches throughout the 1930s. (30, 32, 34, 36)
The most famous was the Jarrow crusade organised by the Nuwm after the closure of Plamers shipyard.
Jarrow was a small town that relied on the shipbuilding industry so the closure of Palmer's shipyard caused mass unemployment. The aim of the march was to get a new steel works in Jarrow. 1200 men volunteered but only 200 could go in order to keep control.
The march captured the imagination of the public and were welcomed with applause and cheers and were fed tea and sandwiches by the locals.
On October 31st 1936 the march reached marble arch where the cabinet refused to see them.
The situation was diffused when sir John Jarvis announced that there would be a new steel works built in Jarrow, however when it opened in 1937 only 200 jobs were created. |
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Health: 5 Points |
- In some industrial cities the death rate was 50% higher than average for Wales and England.
- Infant mortality was higher in some places too. In merthyr it was 60 per 1000 births and in Jarrow it was 114 per 1000 births.
- Unemployment benefit was not adequate, 75% of the unemployed were living in poverty.
- On average, public school boys were 10cm taller than boys from poor families
- The 1929 local government act converted old poor law infirmaries into general hospitals that were cold, bare and draughty. - However in 1937 the London county council had 63 hospitals and voluntary hospitals thrived, with the number of midwives increasing by a third from 1928 to 1936. |
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