Browsing JSSISI: 1937 to 1942, Vol. XVI, Sessions 91st to 95th by Title
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Financial results on 93 mixed dairy farms in 1938-'39
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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, ... -
Future possibilities of Irish agriculture
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)In a country lacking any considerable resources of raw material, with but a limited export trade in industrial products, but having a fertile soil and favourable climate, it is to increased production on the land that ... -
The human factor in industry
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1941)I do ask you to interpret industry in its widest sense as covering not merely factories and organised business but human relations in all professions and individual occupations. Almost all the real difficulties of life ... -
The impact of the war upon Irish economy
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1940)The European war has given rise to many speculations, generally vague but almost always gloomy, upon its probable effects on Irish economic life. It is certain that the war has already brought about changes in our trade; ... -
Investigation into the incidence of mental deficiency amongst Dublin school children
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1940)In this paper I propose giving an account of an investigation into mental defect amongst Dublin children. This forms part of a larger investigation, not yet completed, into the incidence of mental defect and epilepsy ... -
Irish population prospects considered from the viewpoint of reproduction rates
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1941)Estimates of future population render explicit the assumption with regard to population statistics, which is implicit in the use of most current statistics, that the tendencies indicated are applicable now and in the ... -
Irish regional life tables
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1942)There are three recognised measures of the mortality of a population, known as the crude death-rate, the standardised death-rate and the life table death-rate. Comparisons of the crude death-rate as between one people ... -
Migration movements and the distribution of population in Eire
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1939)The present paper deals only with the Twenty-Six Counties (forming Eire) and the exclusion of Northern Ireland makes the picture given in some ways incomplete. This limitation may not be such a serious defect, for the ... -
New methods for offenders
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1940)When the Society did me the honour of electing me President 20 years ago I chose as the subject of my address "The Prevention and Punishment of Crime." I pointed out that the four great methods of preventing crime were ... -
Pension fund principles
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1939)A scheme of pensions to be granted to employees on retirement from service can be effected either by means of a contract with an assurance company or by the establishment of a "private" pension fund. The choice of method ... -
The population problem : a radio discussion
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)The present discussion on the Irish population problem has been arranged on the invitation of the Director of Broadcasting by the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. This Society which in a few years will ... -
Poverty as a cause of ill-health
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1940)In Lurgan, Co. Armagh, where I practise, there is an excessive amount of sickness, and few people show really good health. By good health, I mean not merely the avoidance of disease, but the attainment and maintenance ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland : ninety-first session 1937/1938
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Rating and valuation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1939)As the title suggests the scope of my subject is to inquire whence rating came, the development and the method of apportioning the demand made by the community upon its members for contribution to the common good or to ... -
Recent social legislation in England
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)Shortly after I was called to the Bar and went on the Leinster Circuit a very old member of the Circuit advised me in fatherly terms never to neglect to read the Statutes of the year because, as he said, you may be excused ... -
The sampling referendum in the service of popular government
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1941)The attitude which may be taken towards the method of sampling referenda as a measure of public opinion will depend mainly on two factors; the trust reposed on the technique of scientific sampling and the degree of ... -
Schemes for the rehabilitation of youth in certain countries, with special reference to labour service
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1939)Unemployment among young persons is one of the most acute and disturbing problems of this generation. It is difficult to assess its exact magnitude either in this or in other countries, but the International Labour ... -
Slum clearance in Dublin
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)Residents of Dublin have frequently had their attention called to the fact that many persons in the city are badly housed. Those who live in better houses and localities know in a vague and general way that slums exist, ... -
The social income of Eire, 1938-40
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1941)A paper read before the Society on Thursday, 26th October, 1939 carried the investigation up to 1937, with provisional estimates for 1938 and conjectures for 1939. Of the seven heads into which monetary income was there ...
