Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief

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Year Sick Other
01 Jul 1884 844 Show data context 248 Show data context
01 Jan 1885 912 Show data context 262 Show data context
01 Jul 1885 875 Show data context 291 Show data context
01 Jan 1886 934 Show data context 408 Show data context
01 Jul 1886 937 Show data context 376 Show data context
01 Jan 1887 971 Show data context 437 Show data context
01 Jul 1887 915 Show data context 384 Show data context
01 Jan 1888 983 Show data context 520 Show data context
01 Jul 1888 890 Show data context 243 Show data context
01 Jan 1889 814 Show data context 307 Show data context
01 Jul 1889 778 Show data context 155 Show data context
01 Jan 1890 699 Show data context 150 Show data context
01 Jul 1890 632 Show data context 117 Show data context
01 Jan 1891 627 Show data context 346 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 603 Show data context 105 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 517 Show data context 172 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 486 Show data context 144 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 585 Show data context 270 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 579 Show data context 224 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 703 Show data context 565 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 658 Show data context 370 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 665 Show data context 571 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 672 Show data context 387 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 723 Show data context 373 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 639 Show data context 200 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 722 Show data context 153 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 693 Show data context 100 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 653 Show data context 166 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 635 Show data context 96 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 521 Show data context 92 Show data context
01 Jul 1899 497 Show data context 97 Show data context
01 Jan 1900 502 Show data context 89 Show data context
01 Jul 1900 481 Show data context 50 Show data context
01 Jan 1901 510 Show data context 142 Show data context
01 Jul 1901 557 Show data context 68 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 597 Show data context 143 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 578 Show data context 108 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 617 Show data context 187 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 589 Show data context 133 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 582 Show data context 341 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 560 Show data context 240 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 687 Show data context 396 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 614 Show data context 306 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 633 Show data context 376 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 597 Show data context 224 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 607 Show data context 264 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 509 Show data context 130 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 515 Show data context 188 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 548 Show data context 203 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 621 Show data context 515 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 588 Show data context 247 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 650 Show data context 332 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 630 Show data context 173 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 710 Show data context 360 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 710 Show data context 180 Show data context
01 Jan 1912 7,536 Show data context 217 Show data context
01 Jul 1912 0 Show data context 33 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, West Riding 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: 29th April 2024