Comparative Figures Issued for October First Weeks London. 8. The Ministry of Labour estimates that at October 18 the number of insured- persons in employment, exclusive of persons within the agricultural scheme. was about 11,-
659,000. or 47.000 less than the revised figure for the month before. On a comparable basis there wes an increase of about 464.000 from the year before At he same date the registered unemployed numbered 1390,249. comprising 1.159613 wholly unemployed. 176,337 temporarily iai? off, end 54,299 normally in casual employment, This was 51.045 more than the month before, but 166,400 less on a comparable basis than a year before.
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