JSSISI: 1942 to 1947, Vol. XVII, Sessions 96th to 100th: Recent submissions

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    • Some considerations regarding the cost of social security in Ireland 

      Shields, B. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)
      Perhaps the most convenient approach to this subject is to assume for the moment that our social problems are of so similar a nature to those of Great Britain that their solution lies in the adoption of a social security ...

    • Population distribution in County Sligo 

      Freeman, T. W. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)
      County Sligo had 180,886 inhabitants in 1841 and 67,447 in 1936, a decrease of 62.6 per cent. The eleven counties with an even more marked decline include Leitrim and Roscommon, but not Mayo, which had a decrease of ...

    • Some thoughts on the making of Irish index numbers 

      Geary, R. C. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1946)
      Ireland now possesses a fairly full range of price and quantum index numbers which is not to say that they cannot be improved or their range extended. One of the prime objects of the present paper is, in fact, to invite ...

    • An analysis of financial and operating statistics of the Great Southern Railways Co. and Great Northern Railway Co., 1938-44 

      Shields, B. F. (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 ...

    • Irish Social Services: a Symposium: the ethical aspect 

      Coyne, E. J. (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: ...

    • Emigration and rural Ireland 

      Freeman, T. W. (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 ...

    • National health insurance 

      O Brolchain, R. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)
      It is necessary, in any consideration of the National Health Insurance scheme, to bear in mind a number of important factors. (a) It was established initially to relieve the excessive demands on the Poor Law, following ...

    • Unemployment?the statistical background 

      Lyon, Stanley (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)
      Statistics relating to unemployment in this country are available from two main sources. There is first, the weekly figures published in the Press showing the number of unemployed who are seeking work and who register ...

    • Advertising 

      Eason, J. C. M. (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 ...

    • Infant mortality in the city of Belfast 

      Deeny, James; Murdock, Eric T. (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 ...

    • A personal account of minor activities in the British agricultural war effort with some speculations on the application of British technique in Irish agricultural conditions 

      Fitzgerald, Kevin C. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)
      It was my fortunate lot to see something, at first hand, of the tremendous drive for increased food production, made almost as a single individual, by the whole of that great mass of men and women in the agricultural ...

    • Economic relativity 

      O'Brien, George (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 ...

    • Mortality experience among the lower income families in Eire 

      Shaw, D.H. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)
      A wide range of statistical investigations are required for the efficient conduct of industrial assurance business and extensive data is accumulated dealing with the mortality experience of the lives assured. I shall confine ...

    • The Census of Population, 1946 

      Lyon, Stanley (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 ...

    • A comparison of the economic position and trend in Eire and Northern Ireland 

      O Nuallain, Labhras (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. ...