| Description | Minute volumes indexed. The minutes are printed and signed by the committee chairman. The minutes are in uniformly titled volumes. The minutes include tables detailing total numbers of unemployed in the city of Birmingham (subdivided into male, female, boys, girls and disabled or able-bodied ex-servicemen), circular letters of the Unemployment Grants Committee, London, tables detailing the allocation of funds voted by the Council for unemployment relief to the various Council committees and departments, returns showing the numbers of male unemployed using local rest and recreation rooms, numbers of unemployed men now employed on local public works schemes and relief works, notices relating to wage rates and conditions of employment, and lists of proposed works schemes, with descriptions, total numbers of men employed on each, and estimated costs and duration of each project. |