British Unemployed Substantially Reduced
LONDON, May 22
The number of men and boys registered at the employment exchanges in Great Britain as wholly unemployed at April 21 was 157,239, a decrease of 15,421 compared with March 17, and of 402,859, compared with April 15, 1940, says the British Official Wireless.
From the total, 36,915 have been classified by the interviewing panels as unsuitable for ordinary industrial employment. Corresponding figures for women and girls at April 21 were 161,533 wholly unemployed. Of these, 3797 have been classified by the interviewing panels as unsuitable for normal full-time employment. , Compared with March 17 the number of wholly unemployed showed a decrease of 30,115, and compared with April 15, 1940, a decrease of 118,396.
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Northern Advocate, 23 May 1941, Page 5
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