Population totals for computing welfare rates

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Year Total population Able-bodied males
01 Jan 1905 957,255 Show data context 314,321 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 970,091 Show data context 318,882 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 983,098 Show data context 323,509 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 996,280 Show data context 328,204 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 1,009,639 Show data context 332,967 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 1,023,177 Show data context 337,799 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 1,036,896 Show data context 342,701 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 1,050,799 Show data context 347,674 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 1,064,889 Show data context 352,719 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 1,079,168 Show data context 357,838 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 1,093,638 Show data context 363,031 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 1,108,302 Show data context 368,299 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 1,123,163 Show data context 373,644 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 1,137,604 Show data context
01 Jan 1912 1,137,604 Show data context
01 Jul 1912 1,165,684 Show data context
01 Jan 1913 1,165,684 Show data context
01 Jul 1913 1,194,025 Show data context
01 Jan 1914 1,194,025 Show data context
01 Jul 1914 1,197,111 Show data context
01 Jan 1915 1,197,111 Show data context
Date: Source:
1905 - 1915 Census of Population

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Here we hold a variety of population totals enabling numbers of persons receiving different categories of welfare benefits to be expressed as appropriate rates. These population totals are computed from the reports of the Census of Population, but need to be held for the dates of the welfare counts; in the case of the Poor Law system, this means the 1st of January and the 1st of July in each year. The data have therefore been interpolated using statistics from the censuses before and after the welfare reporting date.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Glamorgan RegC through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Population totals for computing welfare rates, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10166550/cube/WELFARE_POP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024