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Year	Men	Women	Juveniles
16 Apr 1945	29	34	48
16 Jul 1945	14	37	19
15 Oct 1945	144	49	26
14 Jan 1946	141	60	52
08 Apr 1946	216	37	35
15 Jul 1946	253	61	40
14 Oct 1946	245	78	49
13 Jan 1947	224	50	39
14 Apr 1947	264	58	23
14 Jul 1947	100	53	23
13 Oct 1947	298	115	31
12 Jan 1948	556	120	35
12 Apr 1948	698	145	19
12 Jul 1948	477	273	11
11 Oct 1948	419	96	55
10 Jan 1949	525	103	43
11 Apr 1949	477	110	53
11 Jul 1949	370	191	24
10 Oct 1949	417	135	25
16 Jan 1950	578	156	41
17 Apr 1950	493	192	45
10 Jul 1950	413	163	19
16 Oct 1950	313	209	32
15 Jan 1951	455	279	39
16 Apr 1951	330	179	15
16 Jul 1951	269	154	9
15 Oct 1951	279	197	22
14 Jan 1952	283	217	24
21 Apr 1952	375	219	49
14 Jul 1952	316	155	20
13 Oct 1952	296	206	61
12 Jan 1953	407	222	79
13 Apr 1953	351	239	49
13 Jul 1953	285	153	43
12 Oct 1953	265	202	59
11 Jan 1954	328	181	71
12 Apr 1954	285	165	30
12 Jul 1954	218	105	20
11 Oct 1954	203	137	36
10 Jan 1955	233	123	65
18 Apr 1955	236	131	62
11 Jul 1955	152	90	13
10 Oct 1955	166	104	26
16 Jan 1956	209	97	32
16 Apr 1956	173	100	32
16 Jul 1956	170	94	31
15 Oct 1956	190	155	35
14 Jan 1957	368	143	56
15 Apr 1957	452	139	32
15 Jul 1957	359	95	29
14 Oct 1957	397	173	42
13 Jan 1958	608	260	83
14 Apr 1958	673	233	73
14 Jul 1958	661	168	25
13 Oct 1958	3,187	605	168
12 Jan 1959	2,216	535	209
13 Apr 1959	3,740	579	178
13 Jul 1959	1,923	519	75
12 Oct 1959	3,074	478	140
11 Jan 1960	1,663	521	231
11 Apr 1960	350	274	41
11 Jul 1960	324	154	22
10 Oct 1960	333	176	23
16 Jan 1961	422	160	35
10 Apr 1961	345	141	27
10 Jul 1961	278	111	12
16 Oct 1961	390	169	31
15 Jan 1962	599	213	66
09 Apr 1962	551	222	37
09 Jul 1962	493	169	43
15 Oct 1962	572	280	86
14 Jan 1963	1,892	256	202
08 Apr 1963	804	286	94
15 Jul 1963	512	126	33
14 Oct 1963	438	206	62
13 Jan 1964	518	148	51
13 Apr 1964	405	116	44
13 Jul 1964	339	85	29
12 Oct 1964	361	98	50
11 Jan 1965	450	122	61
12 Apr 1965	1,656	478	150
12 Jul 1965	308	90	26
11 Oct 1965	327	143	47
10 Jan 1966	435	136	49
10 Apr 1966	437	141	45
11 Jul 1966	379	102	30
10 Oct 1966	517	149	66
09 Jan 1967	1,132	215	90
10 Apr 1967	928	193	78
10 Jul 1967	819	160	67
09 Oct 1967	983	153	76
08 Jan 1968	1,232	174	70
08 Apr 1968	1,144	182	59
08 Jul 1968	1,242	165	76
14 Oct 1968	1,106	210	86
13 Jan 1969	1,456	236	59
14 Apr 1969	1,256	225	69
14 Jul 1969	1,037	163	49
13 Oct 1969	1,221	209	60
12 Jan 1970	1,734	204	88
13 Apr 1970	1,494	175	66
13 Jul 1970	1,124	162	73
12 Oct 1970	1,157	213	57
11 Jan 1971	1,616	188	74
05 Apr 1971	1,641	255	111
12 Jul 1971	1,792	300	113
11 Oct 1971	1,720	332	151
10 Jan 1972	2,265	335	128
10 Apr 1972	2,280	294	153
10 Jul 1972	1,609	273	130
09 Oct 1972	1,661	316	129
08 Jan 1973	1,669	306	98
09 Apr 1973	1,476	225	66
09 Jul 1973	1,259	196	58
08 Oct 1973	1,241	226	75
14 Jan 1974	1,483	251	76

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1945 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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The Ministry of Labour's Labour Gazette provided monthly statistics on the number of people unemployed in selected towns and 'districts', from 1945 onwards (although the Ministry and the Gazette changed their names periodically). Unfortunately the number of persons insured was not included in the same reports, so it is not easy to compute rates. As well as the total number unemployed, a simple breakdown was provided by age and sex, and that is presented here. The age division was into those over and unde...

r 18, and those under 18 were categorised by sex only between 1955 and 1960, so we present the full run of data here in terms of just three categories.

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