Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	3,067	353
11 Apr 1927	3,150	270
11 Jul 1927	3,266	154
17 Oct 1927	3,131	289
16 Jan 1928	3,103	327
16 Apr 1928	3,199	231
16 Jul 1928	3,328	102
15 Oct 1928	3,199	231
14 Jan 1929	3,122	288
16 Jan 1939	4,269	351
17 Apr 1939	4,412	208
10 Jul 1939	4,537	83
10 Oct 1966		2,618
09 Jan 1967		3,391
10 Apr 1967		3,219
10 Jul 1967		2,518
09 Oct 1967		3,291
08 Jan 1968		3,600
08 Apr 1968		3,200
08 Jul 1968		3,059
14 Oct 1968		3,913
13 Jan 1969		4,101
14 Apr 1969		3,743
14 Jul 1969		3,171
13 Oct 1969		3,771
12 Jan 1970		4,310
13 Apr 1970		3,914
13 Jul 1970		3,149
12 Oct 1970		4,215
11 Jan 1971		4,625
05 Apr 1971		4,536
12 Jul 1971		4,279
11 Oct 1971		5,294
10 Jan 1972		6,165
10 Apr 1972		5,928
10 Jul 1972		4,722
09 Oct 1972		5,062
08 Jan 1973		4,894
09 Apr 1973		4,321
09 Jul 1973		3,170
08 Oct 1973		3,257
14 Jan 1974		3,701
08 Apr 1974		3,972
08 Jul 1974		2,766
14 Oct 1974		3,684

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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