§ Mr. Lansburyasked the Minister of Labour how many young persons and men and women were registered as unemployed at the Poplar, Stepney, Stratford and Hackney Employment Exchanges on 31st March, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939, or nearest convenient date?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe table below shows the numbers of unemployed men and women, aged 18 and over, and juveniles under 18, on the registers of the Poplar, Stepney, Stratford and Hackney Employment Exchanges at a date in March of the years 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939:
— 23rd March, 1936. 15th March, 1937. 14th March, 1938. 13th March, 1939. Poplar: Men … 5,940 4,996 5,325 5,116 Women … 1,022 767 950 957 Juveniles … 112 74 128 205 Total … 7,074 5,837 6,403 6,278 Stepney: Men … 6,621 5,527 6,757 6,895 Women … 909 700 1,216 956 Juveniles … 111 88 168 153 Total … 7,721 6,315 8,141 8,004 Stratford: Men … 4,363 3,772 3,928 3,919 Women … 980 666 1,088 918 Juveniles … 97 73 119 109 Total … 5,440 4,511 5,135 4,946 Hackney: Men … 6,042 5,173 6,281 6,478 Women … 1,857 1,641 2,085 2,173 Juveniles … 94 72 113 106 Total … 7,993 6,886 8,479 8,757 Comparison of the figures for 1936 and 1937, with those for 1938 and 1939, given in the above table, is affected by introduction in September, 1937, of the revised procedure for counting the unemployed, under which- persons subsequently found 623W to be in employment at the date of the count are excluded from the figures.