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Mr. WEST RUSSELL
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons, specifying men, women, boys and girls, on the Tyneside Employment Exchanges, respectively, for the month of November, 1929?
Miss BONDFIELD
The following Table shows the numbers of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the Tyneside area on each Monday of November, 1929:
| Local Office. | 18th November. | 25th November. | ||||||||
| Men. | Boys. | Women. | Girls. | Total. | Men. | Boys. | Women. | Girls. | Total. | |
| Blaydon | 1,550 | 73 | 92 | 54 | 1,769 | 1,546 | 61 | 90 | 54 | 1,751 |
| Dunston | 797 | — | — | — | 797 | 759 | — | — | — | 759 |
| Elswick | 3,630 | — | 416 | — | 4,046 | 3,664 | — | 419 | — | 4,083 |
| Felling | 1,239 | 29 | 98 | 23 | 1,389 | 1,222 | 26 | 110 | 24 | 1,382 |
| Gateshead | 6,209 | 244 | 1,049 | 338 | 7,840 | 6,136 | 261 | 1,036 | 299 | 7,732 |
| Heaton | 4,321 | 12 | 816 | — | 5,149 | 4,332 | 11 | 816 | — | 5,159 |
| Hebburn | 1,063 | 40 | 96 | 95 | 1,299 | 1,097 | 39 | 99 | 99 | 1,334 |
| Jarrow | 2,562 | 65 | 129 | 77 | 2,833 | 2,364 | 75 | 132 | 78 | 2,649 |
| Newburn | 947 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 998 | 902 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 961 |
| Newcastle | 6,006 | 449 | 961 | 469 | 7,885 | 6,084 | 438 | 912 | 493 | 7,927 |
| North Shields | 2,883 | 141 | 315 | 147 | 3,486 | 2,822 | 164 | 315 | 138 | 3,439 |
| South Shields | 6,526 | 193 | 385 | 167 | 7,271 | 6,821 | 220 | 376 | 160 | 7,577 |
| Walker | 988 | — | — | — | 988 | 1,018 | — | — | — | 1,018 |
| Wallsend | 1,641 | 45 | 117 | 74 | 1,877 | 1,673 | 32 | 111 | 69 | 1,885 |
| Willington Quay | 650 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 718 | 619 | 13 | 22 | 32 | 686 |
| Total Tyneside Area. | 41,017 | 1,315 | 4,529 | 1,484 | 48,345 | 41,059 | 1,355 | 4,476 | 1,452 | 48,342 |