Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
22 Jan 1934	14,157	683
23 Jul 1934	19,419	601
22 Oct 1934	19,199	821
28 Jan 1935	23,121	839
15 Apr 1935	23,097	863
22 Jul 1935	23,097	863
21 Oct 1935	22,978	982
20 Jan 1936	25,251	1,329
27 Apr 1936	25,597	983
20 Jul 1936	25,729	851
26 Oct 1936	25,597	983
25 Jan 1937	28,622	1,038
19 Apr 1937	29,211	749
26 Jul 1937	29,067	593
18 Oct 1937	28,741	919
17 Jan 1938	31,365	1,755
04 Apr 1938	31,663	1,457
18 Jul 1938	31,497	1,623
17 Oct 1938	31,497	1,623
16 Jan 1939	34,697	1,673
17 Apr 1939	35,206	1,164
10 Jul 1939	35,206	1,164
15 Apr 1957		216
15 Jul 1957		166
14 Oct 1957		263
13 Jan 1958		326
14 Apr 1958		319
14 Jul 1958		262
13 Oct 1958		400
12 Jan 1959		420
13 Apr 1959		378
13 Jul 1959		273
12 Oct 1959		336
11 Jan 1960		351

Date:	Source:
1934 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1957 - 1960	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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