§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour if he will give in table form the number of unemployed registered at the labour exchanges in West Ham for each of the five years since the end of the war of 1939–45, together with the comparable figures for the five years following the war of 1914–18.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe following table gives the figures for 1922–24 and 1945–50. Figures are not available for 1919–21.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN WEST HAM AT THE SPECIFIED DATES — Males Females Total 20th Nov., 1922 15,765 2,477 18,242 26th Nov., 1923 16,908 3,706 20,614 24th Nov., 1924 15,803 3,419 19,222 12th Nov., 1945 167 180 347 11th Nov., 1946 884 164 1,048 10th Nov., 1947 755 242 997 15th Nov., 1948 1,143 286 1,429 14th Nov., 1949 743 311 1,054 13th Nov., 1950 703 385 1,088