Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
23 Jan 1933	14,016	2,704
24 Apr 1933	14,400	2,320
24 Jul 1933	14,717	2,003
23 Oct 1933	14,483	2,237
22 Jan 1934	18,029	2,111
23 Apr 1934	18,531	1,609
23 Jul 1934	18,913	1,227
22 Oct 1934	18,451	1,689
28 Jan 1935	18,704	2,006
15 Apr 1935	19,201	1,509
22 Jul 1935	19,614	1,096
21 Oct 1935	19,221	1,489
20 Jan 1936	19,014	1,786
27 Apr 1936	19,367	1,433
20 Jul 1936	19,782	1,018
26 Oct 1936	19,512	1,288
25 Jan 1937	20,127	1,353
19 Apr 1937	20,234	1,246
26 Jul 1937	20,578	902
18 Oct 1937	20,449	1,031
17 Jan 1938	20,446	1,634
04 Apr 1938	20,402	1,678
18 Jul 1938	20,490	1,590
17 Oct 1938	20,380	1,700
16 Jan 1939	20,693	1,947
17 Apr 1939	21,123	1,517
10 Jul 1939	21,395	1,245
15 Jul 1946		172
14 Oct 1946		191
13 Jan 1947		258
14 Apr 1947		241
14 Jul 1947		149
13 Oct 1947		220
12 Jan 1948		248
12 Apr 1948		343
12 Jul 1948		319
11 Oct 1948		376
10 Jan 1949		493
11 Apr 1949		357
11 Jul 1949		300
10 Oct 1949		320
16 Jan 1950		414
17 Apr 1950		356
10 Jul 1950		293
16 Oct 1950		342
15 Jan 1951		322
16 Apr 1951		274
16 Jul 1951		190
15 Oct 1951		240
14 Jan 1952		341
21 Apr 1952		320
14 Jul 1952		294
13 Oct 1952		364
12 Jan 1953		453
13 Apr 1953		332
13 Jul 1953		262
12 Oct 1953		301
11 Jan 1954		368
12 Apr 1954		291
12 Jul 1954		172
11 Oct 1954		198
10 Jan 1955		246
18 Apr 1955		213
11 Jul 1955		138
10 Oct 1955		198
16 Jan 1956		183
16 Apr 1956		184
16 Jul 1956		119
15 Oct 1956		156
14 Jan 1957		249
15 Apr 1957		194
15 Jul 1957		134
14 Oct 1957		177
13 Jan 1958		234
14 Apr 1958		268
14 Jul 1958		225
13 Oct 1958		282
12 Jan 1959		301
13 Apr 1959		341
13 Jul 1959		204
12 Oct 1959		287
11 Jan 1960		269
10 Oct 1966		238
09 Jan 1967		354
10 Apr 1967		346
10 Jul 1967		304
09 Oct 1967		356
08 Jan 1968		431
08 Apr 1968		389
08 Jul 1968		360
14 Oct 1968		350
13 Jan 1969		427
14 Apr 1969		337

Date:	Source:
1933 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1946 - 1969	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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