Facts in focus / compiled by the Central Statistical Office.

Statistics are a part of our way of life. Almost everyone uses them either to make points in discussion or as a basis for taking decisions. Politicians argue over them, businessmen and administrators plan with them, trade unionists bargain around them.

This reference book of statistical tables and charts has been prepared by the Government Statistical Service. It contains the essential figures and indicates trends in a great variety of areas of public concern in Britain: the economy, education, industry and trade, manpower, population, and social services.

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1974.

245 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

2nd ed.

"Index of sources": p. 239-245.