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BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYMENT [British Official Wireless] > RUG Ay, 9th May. The Ministry of Labour estimates the number of insured persons in employment in Britain on 17th April at approximately 12,511,000—108.000 more than a month before and, on a comparable basis, 270,000 more than a year before. At the same date the registered unemployed totalled 1.644.394, comprising temporarily laid off and 62,370 normally in casual employment. This total is 82,535 less than in March and 103,370 less than in April, 1938.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 May 1939, Page 2
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83DROP IN PAST MONTH Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 May 1939, Page 2
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