The Archive · 1937

TOTAL OF 149,217 OUT OF WORK

In the middle of March there were 120,756 men in the Special Areas of England and Wales who had had no employment at all in the preced three months and 28,461 in the Specia? Areas of Scotland, There were besides 31297 men in the English and Welsh areas who had had some, but probably very little, employment in the three months and 11,336 of the same class in the Scottish' areas. On the day to which this analysis relates there were 187,852 men registered a3 unemployed in the English and Welsh areas, but 25,799 were men temporarily stopped or normally in. casual employment or non-claimants for benefit. In the Scottish areas the number of men on the register was 51,174 and included 11377 who were either temporarily stopped, normally employed in casual occupations. non-claimants {The hi core of the unemployment of the® areas comprises the 120,756 men in the areas of England and Wales and the 28.461 in the areas of Scotland who had had no work in the preceding three months and a large proportion of the 31,297 and the 11,336 who had had very little employment. An uncertain proportion of the non-claimants for allowances would also be in the same gla

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