§ 31. Mr. LANSBURYasked the Minister of Labour the number of men, women, and young persons registered at the Employment Exchanges covering the Tower Hamlets and the Boroughs of 1611 Hackney, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, and West Ham on the first Monday in April, 1925, 1926, and 1927, and the number of such persons in receipt of unemployment Following pay?
| TABLE showing the numbers of persons on the Registers of certain Employment Exchanges on the first Monday of April, 1925, 1926 and 1927 respectively, together with the numbers of claims to unemployment benefit current* at those dates. | |||||||||||
| — | Men. | Boys. | Women. | Girls. | Total. | ||||||
| On Register. | Claims Current. | On Register. | Claims Current. | On Register. | Claims Current. | On Register. | Claims Current. | On Register. | Claims Current. | ||
| Hackney— | |||||||||||
| 6th April, 1925 | … | 5,104 | 4,807 | 66 | 44 | 1,652 | 1,624 | 50 | 12 | 6,872 | 6,487 |
| 5th April, 1926 | … | 3,571 | 3,183 | 51 | 32 | 1,005 | 941 | 42 | 29 | 4,669 | 4,185 |
| 4th April, 1927 | … | 3,989 | 3,244 | 82 | 39 | 1,043 | 996 | 64 | 27 | 5,178 | 4,306 |
| Shoreditch†— | |||||||||||
| 6th April, 1925 | … | 4,547 | 3,937 | 49 | 14 | 1,963 | 1,915 | 97 | 23 | 6,656 | 5,889 |
| 5th April, 1926 | … | 3,606 | 2,880 | 41 | 4 | 954 | 862 | 24 | 13 | 4,625 | 3,759 |
| 4th April, 1927 | … | 3,876 | 3,191 | 49 | 37 | 761 | 685 | 82 | 41 | 4,768 | 3,954 |
| West Ham†— | |||||||||||
| 6th April, 1925 | … | 15,481 | 13,450 | 826 | 313 | 2,452 | 1,999 | 827 | 287 | 19,586 | 16,049 |
| 5th April, 1926 | … | 11,230 | 9,342 | 577 | 258 | 1,464 | 1,045 | 639 | 213 | 13,910 | 10,858 |
| 4th April, 1927 | … | 10,102 | 7,993 | 350 | 135 | 1,557 | 1,321 | 419 | 81 | 12,428 | 9,530 |
| Stepney†— | |||||||||||
| 6th April, 1925 | … | 6,569 | 6,502 | 127 | 66 | 1,289 | 1,224 | 56 | 26 | 8,041 | 7,818 |
| 5th April, 1926 | … | 4,337 | 4,265 | 119 | 22 | 572 | 536 | 61 | 7 | 5,089 | 4,830 |
| 4th April, 1927 | … | 4,123 | 3,936 | 129 | 40 | 587 | 515 | 103 | 9 | 4,942 | 4,500 |
| Totals of above— | |||||||||||
| 6th April, 1925 | … | 31,701 | 28,696 | 1,068 | 437 | 7,356 | 6,762 | 1,030 | 348 | 41,155 | 36,243 |
| 5th April, 1926 | … | 22,744 | 19,670 | 788 | 316 | 3,995 | 3,384 | 766 | 262 | 28,293 | 23,632 |
| 4th April,1927 | … | 22,090 | 18,364 | 610 | 251 | 3,948 | 3,517 | 668 | 158 | 27,316 | 22,290 |
| * Figures for the numbers in receipt of benefit are not available. | |||||||||||
| † Including figures for Bethnal Green and Tower Hamlets. | |||||||||||
| ‡ Figures relate to Canning Town and Strat ford Employment Exchanges. |