Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	8,441	839
11 Apr 1927	8,800	480
11 Jul 1927	8,920	360
17 Oct 1927	8,766	514
16 Jan 1928	9,105	845
16 Apr 1928	9,537	413
16 Jul 1928	9,509	441
15 Oct 1928	9,362	588
14 Jan 1929	9,202	1,008
15 Apr 1929	9,673	537
15 Jul 1929	9,786	424
14 Oct 1929	9,635	575
13 Jan 1930	10,396	1,034
14 Apr 1930	10,597	833
14 Jul 1930	10,765	665
13 Oct 1930	10,681	749
12 Jan 1931	10,622	1,348
13 Apr 1931	11,053	917
13 Jul 1931	11,097	873
12 Oct 1931	10,755	1,215
25 Jan 1932	10,847	1,663
25 Apr 1932	11,148	1,362
25 Jul 1932	11,205	1,305
24 Oct 1932	11,067	1,443
23 Jan 1933	10,568	2,022
24 Apr 1933	11,393	1,197
24 Jul 1933	11,440	1,150
23 Oct 1933	11,323	1,267
22 Jan 1934	11,470	1,660
23 Apr 1934	12,027	1,103
23 Jul 1934	12,197	933
22 Oct 1934	11,967	1,163
28 Jan 1935	11,757	1,773
15 Apr 1935	12,256	1,274
22 Jul 1935	12,494	1,036
21 Oct 1935	12,356	1,174
20 Jan 1936	11,668	1,832
27 Apr 1936	12,491	1,009
20 Jul 1936	12,578	922
26 Oct 1936	12,441	1,059
25 Jan 1937	12,424	1,536
19 Apr 1937	12,857	1,103
26 Jul 1937	13,081	879
18 Oct 1937	12,857	1,103
17 Jan 1938	12,700	1,570
04 Apr 1938	13,200	1,070
18 Jul 1938	13,228	1,042
17 Oct 1938	13,029	1,241
16 Jan 1939	12,906	1,894
17 Apr 1939	13,512	1,288
10 Jul 1939	14,016	784
10 Oct 1966		363
09 Jan 1967		696
10 Apr 1967		433
10 Jul 1967		435
09 Oct 1967		482
08 Jan 1968		551
08 Apr 1968		570
08 Jul 1968		501
14 Oct 1968		557
13 Jan 1969		656
14 Apr 1969		647
14 Jul 1969		556
13 Oct 1969		648
12 Jan 1970		786
13 Apr 1970		780
13 Jul 1970		745
12 Oct 1970		661
11 Jan 1971		688
05 Apr 1971		740
12 Jul 1971		733
11 Oct 1971		739
10 Jan 1972		870
10 Apr 1972		839
10 Jul 1972		814
09 Oct 1972		819
08 Jan 1973		837
09 Apr 1973		699
09 Jul 1973		586
08 Oct 1973		504
14 Jan 1974		573
08 Apr 1974		846
08 Jul 1974		691
14 Oct 1974		718

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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