Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	12,905	1,355
11 Apr 1927	13,604	656
11 Jul 1927	13,718	542
17 Oct 1927	13,747	513
16 Jan 1928	13,727	483
16 Apr 1928	13,826	384
16 Jul 1928	13,002	1,208
15 Oct 1928	12,732	1,478
14 Jan 1929	13,027	1,463
15 Apr 1929	13,490	1,000
15 Jul 1929	13,505	985
14 Oct 1929	13,490	1,000
13 Jan 1930	13,361	1,209
14 Apr 1930	13,230	1,340
14 Jul 1930	13,026	1,544
13 Oct 1930	13,113	1,457
12 Jan 1931	13,150	1,810
13 Apr 1931	13,479	1,481
13 Jul 1931	13,404	1,556
12 Oct 1931	13,569	1,391
25 Jan 1932	13,780	1,430
25 Apr 1932	13,233	1,977
25 Jul 1932	13,020	2,190
24 Oct 1932	13,020	2,190
23 Jan 1933	13,134	2,336
24 Apr 1933	13,706	1,764
24 Jul 1933	13,892	1,578
23 Oct 1933	13,954	1,516
22 Jan 1934	14,557	1,653
23 Apr 1934	14,848	1,362
23 Jul 1934	14,702	1,508
22 Oct 1934	15,173	1,037
28 Jan 1935	14,797	1,183
15 Apr 1935	15,021	959
22 Jul 1935	14,670	1,310
21 Oct 1935	14,877	1,103
20 Jan 1936	14,886	1,224
27 Apr 1936	15,240	870
20 Jul 1936	15,176	934
26 Oct 1936	15,240	870
25 Jan 1937	15,801	779
19 Apr 1937	15,950	630
26 Jul 1937	15,983	597
18 Oct 1937	16,000	580
17 Jan 1938	15,993	877
04 Apr 1938	16,026	844
18 Jul 1938	15,790	1,080
17 Oct 1938	15,757	1,113
16 Jan 1939	15,637	1,123
17 Apr 1939	15,704	1,056
10 Jul 1939	16,391	369
10 Oct 1966		323
09 Jan 1967		597
10 Apr 1967		528
10 Jul 1967		642
09 Oct 1967		676
08 Jan 1968		631
08 Apr 1968		390
08 Jul 1968		1,158
14 Oct 1968		1,113
13 Jan 1969		385
14 Apr 1969		402
14 Jul 1969		416
13 Oct 1969		377
12 Jan 1970		527
13 Apr 1970		537
13 Jul 1970		574
12 Oct 1970		423
11 Jan 1971		538
05 Apr 1971		549
12 Jul 1971		497
11 Oct 1971		541
10 Jan 1972		618
10 Apr 1972		527
10 Jul 1972		480
09 Oct 1972		570
08 Jan 1973		473
09 Apr 1973		374
09 Jul 1973		217
08 Oct 1973		260
14 Jan 1974		342
08 Apr 1974		334
08 Jul 1974		393
14 Oct 1974		450

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1966 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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