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A (3) Unemployment Figures and Comments
With the co-operation of Mrs. J. A. Walker, the
Manager of Erith Employment Exchange, it is once again
possible to give definite figures with regard to the state of
unemployment in the district, as shown in the table.
I am indebted to Mrs. J. A. Walker for the following
report:—
At the beginning of 1963 there was a sharp rise in
unemployment, due to the appalling weather conditions, but
this did not last and there was a steady fall throughout the
year and the figure for 1963 was lower than at the end of
1962. The number of unemployed women, however, did not
vary appreciably from month to month.
I am indebted to Miss E. Martin, Youth Employment
Officer, for the following report:—
Although figures showing unemployment among boys
and girls were fairly high in January (50 boys, including 22
school leavers, and 33 girls, including 17 school leavers) there
was a steady decrease in numbers during the year. The
figures for December show 6 boys and 13 girls unemployed.
At the beginning of the year difficulty was experienced in
placing Christmas school leavers and one boy and two girls
had still not been placed by the middle of March. This
position had improved by the end of the Easter Term and
all Easter school leavers had been found work before the
end of May— most of them having started work before the
end of April. This position was repeated at the end of
the Summer Term, all Summer leavers having entered
emPloyment before the end of September.