Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	11,488	282
11 Apr 1927	11,664	106
11 Jul 1927	11,699	71
17 Oct 1927	11,699	71
16 Jan 1928	11,874	156
16 Apr 1928	11,958	72
16 Jul 1928	11,982	48
15 Oct 1928	11,898	132
14 Jan 1929	12,435	215
15 Apr 1929	12,561	89
15 Jul 1929	12,561	89
14 Oct 1929	12,549	101
13 Jan 1930	13,267	243
14 Apr 1930	13,159	351
14 Jul 1930	13,159	351
13 Oct 1930	13,078	432
12 Jan 1931	13,020	1,010
13 Apr 1931	13,188	842
13 Jul 1931	13,090	940
12 Oct 1931	13,062	968
25 Jan 1932	12,078	1,432
25 Apr 1932	12,078	1,432
25 Jul 1932	11,619	1,891
24 Oct 1932	12,213	1,297
23 Jan 1933	11,646	1,864
24 Apr 1933	12,037	1,473
24 Jul 1933	12,227	1,283
23 Oct 1933	12,956	554
22 Jan 1934	12,729	841
23 Apr 1934	12,824	746
23 Jul 1934	12,864	706
22 Oct 1934	13,176	394
28 Jan 1935	13,555	865
15 Apr 1935	13,886	534
22 Jul 1935	13,858	562
21 Oct 1935	14,031	389
20 Jan 1936	14,073	867
27 Apr 1936	14,208	732
20 Jul 1936	14,462	478
26 Oct 1936	14,626	314
25 Jan 1937	14,444	586
19 Apr 1937	14,609	421
26 Jul 1937	14,579	451
18 Oct 1937	14,699	331
17 Jan 1938	14,285	1,175
04 Apr 1938	14,548	912
18 Jul 1938	14,347	1,113
17 Oct 1938	14,625	835
16 Jan 1939	14,562	1,388
17 Apr 1939	15,025	925
10 Jul 1939	15,152	798
10 Oct 1966		493
09 Jan 1967		615
10 Apr 1967		655
10 Jul 1967		586
09 Oct 1967		706
08 Jan 1968		692
08 Apr 1968		501
08 Jul 1968		630
14 Oct 1968		688
13 Jan 1969		928
14 Apr 1969		904
14 Jul 1969		954
13 Oct 1969		966
12 Jan 1970		1,228
13 Apr 1970		858
13 Jul 1970		876
12 Oct 1970		802
11 Jan 1971		1,053
05 Apr 1971		1,480
12 Jul 1971		1,377
11 Oct 1971		1,227
10 Jan 1972		1,246
10 Apr 1972		1,141
10 Jul 1972		946
09 Oct 1972		860
08 Jan 1973		806
09 Apr 1973		641
09 Jul 1973		578
08 Oct 1973		610
14 Jan 1974		676
08 Apr 1974		691
08 Jul 1974		710
14 Oct 1974		735

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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