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UNEMPLOYMENT.
The Manager of the Employment Exchange has kindly supplied
the following information with regard to unemployment during 1951:
"Employment prospects during the year were always good, and
the Festival of Britain provided additional openings, with the result
that during the summer our Unemployed Register reached its lowest
figure for several years. The Building Industry in the area has been
busy until the last weeks of the year, when the labour demands
showed signs of falling off. Placings in this industry were greatly
in excess of any other local industry.
The Unemployed Register consists mainly of men of 50 years of
age and upwards, disabled persons, and women who are registered
for part-time work, for which there is very little local demand."
OPEN-AIR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.
Commons, Public Recreation Grounds and Gardens.