Browsing JSSISI: 1942 to 1947, Vol. XVII, Sessions 96th to 100th by Title
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Advertising
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)In submitting this paper on the subject of Advertising I would make it clear that although I have certain contacts which provide me with some knowledge as regards the use of advertising, there are many specialised ... -
An analysis of financial and operating statistics of the Great Southern Railways Co. and Great Northern Railway Co., 1938-44
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)In May, 1938, I read a paper before this Society on the published accounts and operating statistics of the G. S. Rlys. Co. from its formation in 1925 to 1937. The present paper is much wider in scope : it is an attempt to ... -
The Census of Population, 1946
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)At decennial intervals a Census of Population of Ireland (since 1922 the Twenty-Six Counties of Eire) is normally taken. Census date 1946 has been fixed by Order for Sunday, 12th May. A conference was held of representatives ... -
The changing distribution of population in County Mayo
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)County Mayo had, in 1936, 41.5 per cent, of its peak population of 388,887 in 1841. Nine of the twenty-six counties in Eire maintained their population to a greater degree than Mayo between 1841 and 1936. Dublin city ... -
A comparison of the economic position and trend in Eire and Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)This paper is an abridged version of a thesis presented for the degree of M.Econ.Sc, in the National University of Ireland. In its statistical design the paper consists principally of a comparison of the figures which Dr. ... -
A comparison of the principal economic features of Eire and Denmark
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)Denmark is not only a smaller country than Eire but her climate is less equable, her soils are, in general, lighter and poorer, she has no coal and no water power to compensate for its absence, nor has she any iron ore ... -
The development of local government in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1946)Although I am only a new recruit to the ranks of this Society I have noticed that your proceedings are, as a rule, more concerned with the first rather than the second object of your title. I propose this evening to make ... -
Discussion on the future of Irish external trade
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)Dr. Henry Kennedy said that his contribution to the Discussion would take the form of a detailed estimate of the productive potential of our land. He would leave to other speakers consideration of the economic and perhaps ... -
Discussion on the problem of full employment
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1946)I feel very uneasy in opening a debate on a subject like this, a subject on which so much has been spoken and written by experts. It is impossible to discuss the subject without expressing views influenced in large part ... -
Discussions on papers read during the 97th session 1943/1944
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)On account of the paper shortage it was not found possible to print summaries of discussions on papers read during the 1943-44 Session. These are printed in the present supplement, the pagination of which continues from ... -
Economic relativity
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)If the sole purpose of the work of the Society were statistical investigation, I would be completely unqualified to preside over its meetings. It is possible, however, to slip in under the second part of our title. In ... -
Emigration and rural Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1946)The decline in population in Eire during the past hundred years from 6,950,000 to 2,950,000 (1943) has been accompanied by revolutionary changes in land distribution and tenure and also by striking developments in agricultural ... -
Financial results on mixed dairy farms in 1942-43 as compared with 1938-39
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)In May, 1939, a report on the financial results secured on 98 "mixed" dairy farms on the North Cork-Limerick border, in the accounting year ended 30th April, 1938, was presented to the Society. (Journal SSI 1938-39) For ... -
Financial results on sixty-one West Cork farms in 1940-'41
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1942)In this paper a summary is given of the financial results achieved on 61 farms in a West Cork creamery district (about nine miles west of Clonakilty), during the year ended 30th April, 1941. In presenting the summary, ... -
Infant mortality in the city of Belfast
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)Within recent years attention in the North has been drawn to the high mortality rate in Belfast and, as a result, considerable interest in now being shown in the matter of child health. How serious is the situation ... -
Irish actuarial data
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1946)In Eire, we have had three National Life Tables, prepared in connection with the 1926 and 1936 Censuses and the 1941 Register of Population. In each case there are separate tables for males and females and, for 1941, ... -
Irish medical services
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)The Draft Interim Report of the Medical Planning Commission of the British Medical Association defines the objects of medical service as ? firstly to provide a system of medical service directed towards the achievement ... -
Irish Social Services: a Symposium - Addendum to the Symposium
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)So much excitement has been worked up over the Beveridge Report in Great Britain that we here may tend to exaggerate its importance. In the first place, even if the Report were applied in full (which is by no means the ... -
Irish Social Services: a Symposium: the ethical aspect
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)The task allotted to me in this symposium is to consider our Irish Social Services and the Beveridge Report from the ethical point of view. I can only suggest three lines of thought to the members of this Society: ... -
Irish tuberculosis death rates: a statistical study of their reliability, with some socio-economic correlations
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)In an important paper which was published in the Journal of this Society for 1930, Geary surveyed Irish tuberculosis statistics. This communication has as its first aim to analyse along similar lines the figures of the ...
