EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN
THE FIGURES FOR JULY DECLINE SINCE LAST YEAR (Received August 9, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY. August 8 Tho Ministry of Labour estimates that at July 18 tho number of insured persons in employment in Britain, exclusive of persons within the agricultural scheme, was approximately 11,371,000 —38,000 more than in tho previous month, but on a comparable basis about 300,000 less than a year ago. At tho same dato registered unemployed, including persons within tho agricultural scheme, numbered 1,773,116, comprising 1,244,461 wholly unemployed, 46,773 temporarily laid off, and 60,882 normally in casual employment. This was 29,796 less than at June 13, but on a comparable basis 448,000 more than at July 26, 1937. Tho total includes 1,322,129 men, 46,629 boys, 356,982 women, and 47,376 girls. Of tho total, 1,103,000, or 63 per cent, had been unemployed for less than three months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23112, 10 August 1938, Page 13
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