BRITISH UNEMPLOYED
THE LATEST FIGURES (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—tty Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, September 5. The Ministry of Labour estimates that at August 15 the number of insured persons in employment in Great Britain, exclusive of persons within the agricultural scheme, was approximately 11,402,000. This is 31,000 more than a month earlier, but on a comparable basis about 300,000 fewer than a year ago. At the same date the registered unemployed, including persons within the agricultural scheme, totalled 1,759,242, comprising 1,262,343, wholly unemployed, 439,024 temporarily laid off, and 57,875 normally in casual employment. The total was 13,874 fewer than a month earlier, but on a comparable basis 451,000 more than a year ago.
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Evening Star, Issue 23056, 7 September 1938, Page 9
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112BRITISH UNEMPLOYED Evening Star, Issue 23056, 7 September 1938, Page 9
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