HC Deb 12 February 1930 vol 235 c441W
Sir R. GOWER

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether it is his intention to take any and, if so, what steps to find immediate employment for the workmen ordinarily engaged in shipbuilding, ship

Date. Saffron Walden. Halstead.
Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Total. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Total.
1929.
7th January … … 101 23 124 149 65 214
14th January … … 107 22 129 148 67 215
21st January … … 115 18 133 145 83 228
28th January … … 120 16 136 163 61 224
1930.
6th January … … 141 34 175 191 644 835
13th January … … 146 22 168 198 29 227
20th January … … 144 14 158 213 690 903
27th January … … 134 14 148 192 33 225
Separate statistics are not available in respect of Dunmow as there is no Employment Exchange at that place.