Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief

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Year Sick Other
01 Jul 1884 450 Show data context 495 Show data context
01 Jan 1885 528 Show data context 1,649 Show data context
01 Jul 1885 576 Show data context 339 Show data context
01 Jan 1886 546 Show data context 405 Show data context
01 Jul 1886 575 Show data context 256 Show data context
01 Jan 1887 541 Show data context 88 Show data context
01 Jul 1887 504 Show data context 77 Show data context
01 Jan 1888 495 Show data context 110 Show data context
01 Jul 1888 527 Show data context 34 Show data context
01 Jan 1889 471 Show data context 33 Show data context
01 Jul 1889 401 Show data context 28 Show data context
01 Jan 1890 386 Show data context 36 Show data context
01 Jul 1890 317 Show data context 32 Show data context
01 Jan 1891 388 Show data context 57 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 335 Show data context 27 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 382 Show data context 37 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 351 Show data context 141 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 330 Show data context 507 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 297 Show data context 599 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 346 Show data context 239 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 305 Show data context 40 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 367 Show data context 328 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 397 Show data context 43 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 400 Show data context 26 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 321 Show data context 44 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 359 Show data context 32 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 359 Show data context 21 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 378 Show data context 39 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 244 Show data context 20 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 318 Show data context 10 Show data context
01 Jul 1899 303 Show data context 10 Show data context
01 Jan 1900 315 Show data context 16 Show data context
01 Jul 1900 314 Show data context 8 Show data context
01 Jan 1901 314 Show data context 11 Show data context
01 Jul 1901 304 Show data context 47 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 329 Show data context 16 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 304 Show data context 24 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 402 Show data context 54 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 324 Show data context 42 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 419 Show data context 54 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 450 Show data context 23 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 564 Show data context 97 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 484 Show data context 30 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 495 Show data context 27 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 452 Show data context 48 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 508 Show data context 65 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 481 Show data context 26 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 471 Show data context 96 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 544 Show data context 160 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 576 Show data context 1,890 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 527 Show data context 380 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 655 Show data context 526 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 539 Show data context 79 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 618 Show data context 212 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 530 Show data context 58 Show data context
01 Jan 1912 555 Show data context 64 Show data context
01 Jul 1912 0 Show data context 16 Show data context
01 Jan 1913 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1913 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1914 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1914 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1915 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1916 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1917 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1918 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1919 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Date: Source:
1884 - 1919 Local Government Board, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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From 1884 onwards, The reports of the Local Government Board sub-divided their counts of able-bodied male paupers on outdoor relief into those relieved because of sickness and those relieved "for other causes". The main "other cause" was probably unemployment. Note that able-bodied female paupers were instead categorised into wives and widows.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, County Durham RegC through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th April 2024