YOUNG UNEMPLOYED

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 455, 12 June 1937, Page 7

YOUNG UNEMPLOYED

SLUM CLEARANCE SEQUEL

Situation In London

Geographical maladjustments rath, er than scarcity of work is one of the n.ahy causes of unemployment among young persons in London. This maladjustment is an unforteeh development among young persons in Loncon County Ocufn -I’s slum clearance schemes, which Wave resul' ed in mass ■ migrations, from the slums to new housing estates in the suburbs. In many of these suburban areas openings for juvenile labour are few. er than in ce: /r: 1 London, but ihe great distance' and the cost of fares discourage young persons from applying for jobs in the centre. . Investigation of the probl m by a | regional Advisory Council for Juvenj ile Employment in London shows that, from March to August of latt year, for each boy and grl unemployed in the council’s area as a whole, there were respectively 2.1 to 2 vacancies unfilled. In three arete in centitl London during the same | period there were as many as 9.5 va_ | nancies for er ch boy and 33.3 for each girl registered as unemployed | A report issued by uhe council I states that of the unfilled vacancies ■in the inner areas, 73 per cent of ' those for boys and 80 per cent of ; those for girls could have been filled i if the potential applicants hod been (able to afford the cost of travel inIvolved. j At present the cheapest mode of travel is by workmen's (trains, which only run early in the morning. Young persons travelling by such trains arrive at their destinations soms conj siderable Lme before their working day commences The report recom. ments, tnrrefore, that th|e raLMvav companies should be urged to itsue cheap weekly season-tickets to young persons travelling to and fro work in the central London area.