HC Deb 01 December 1930 vol 245 c1810W
Sir K. WOOD

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed in the West Ham area at the last convenient date, and similar information for approximately the same date in 1928 and 1929?

Mr. LAWSON

The following table gives the information desired:

Numbers of persons on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Canning Town and Stratford at the undermentioned dates:
— 19th Nov., 1928. 18th Nov., 1929. 17th Nov. 1930.
Men … 10,888 10,223 14,919
Boys … 293 271 472
Women … 1,095 1,197 2,560
Girls … 253 213 287
Total … 12,529 11,904 18,238

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