Year In employment Unemployed
17 Jan 1927 333,430 Show data context 65,830 Show data context
11 Apr 1927 353,575 Show data context 45,685 Show data context
11 Jul 1927 360,410 Show data context 38,850 Show data context
17 Oct 1927 362,928 Show data context 36,332 Show data context
16 Jan 1928 333,522 Show data context 43,478 Show data context
16 Apr 1928 336,240 Show data context 40,760 Show data context
16 Jul 1928 334,541 Show data context 42,459 Show data context
15 Oct 1928 330,465 Show data context 46,535 Show data context
14 Jan 1929 322,122 Show data context 54,258 Show data context
15 Apr 1929 326,531 Show data context 49,849 Show data context
15 Jul 1929 331,278 Show data context 45,102 Show data context
14 Oct 1929 328,226 Show data context 48,154 Show data context
13 Jan 1930 324,039 Show data context 57,391 Show data context
14 Apr 1930 311,667 Show data context 69,763 Show data context
14 Jul 1930 310,292 Show data context 71,138 Show data context
13 Oct 1930 297,233 Show data context 84,197 Show data context
12 Jan 1931 294,968 Show data context 102,392 Show data context
13 Apr 1931 292,462 Show data context 104,898 Show data context
13 Jul 1931 290,314 Show data context 107,046 Show data context
12 Oct 1931 282,796 Show data context 114,564 Show data context
25 Jan 1932 296,145 Show data context 113,235 Show data context
25 Apr 1932 298,727 Show data context 110,653 Show data context
25 Jul 1932 298,358 Show data context 111,022 Show data context
24 Oct 1932 293,194 Show data context 116,186 Show data context
23 Jan 1933 285,327 Show data context 122,823 Show data context
24 Apr 1933 294,888 Show data context 113,262 Show data context
24 Jul 1933 302,610 Show data context 105,540 Show data context
23 Oct 1933 298,933 Show data context 109,217 Show data context
22 Jan 1934 294,959 Show data context 114,311 Show data context
23 Apr 1934 300,669 Show data context 102,901 Show data context
23 Jul 1934 310,486 Show data context 93,084 Show data context
22 Oct 1934 306,850 Show data context 96,720 Show data context
28 Jan 1935 302,714 Show data context 105,576 Show data context
15 Apr 1935 311,175 Show data context 97,115 Show data context
22 Jul 1935 316,693 Show data context 91,597 Show data context
21 Oct 1935 316,325 Show data context 91,965 Show data context
20 Jan 1936 310,856 Show data context 96,054 Show data context
27 Apr 1936 318,922 Show data context 87,988 Show data context
20 Jul 1936 326,254 Show data context 80,656 Show data context
26 Oct 1936 328,087 Show data context 78,823 Show data context
25 Jan 1937 334,788 Show data context 80,582 Show data context
19 Apr 1937 341,019 Show data context 74,351 Show data context
26 Jul 1937 344,342 Show data context 71,028 Show data context
18 Oct 1937 347,249 Show data context 68,121 Show data context
17 Jan 1938 347,426 Show data context 76,264 Show data context
04 Apr 1938 352,510 Show data context 71,180 Show data context
18 Jul 1938 353,781 Show data context 69,909 Show data context
17 Oct 1938 350,815 Show data context 72,875 Show data context
16 Jan 1939 358,622 Show data context 82,488 Show data context
17 Apr 1939 368,327 Show data context 72,783 Show data context
10 Jul 1939 381,119 Show data context 59,991 Show data context
Date: Source:
1927 - 1939 Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,

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