Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief

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Year Sick Other
01 Jul 1884 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1885 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1885 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1886 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1886 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1887 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
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01 Jan 1889 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
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01 Jan 1890 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1890 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1891 74 Show data context 12 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 69 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 76 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 48 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 50 Show data context 3 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 47 Show data context 7 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 57 Show data context 7 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 30 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 38 Show data context 3 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 42 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 30 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 23 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 23 Show data context 1 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 18 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 34 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 35 Show data context 1 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 32 Show data context 1 Show data context
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01 Jul 1901 24 Show data context 9 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 12 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 21 Show data context 6 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 27 Show data context 3 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 26 Show data context 11 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 149 Show data context 159 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 153 Show data context 144 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 225 Show data context 146 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 184 Show data context 127 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 204 Show data context 247 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 216 Show data context 250 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 208 Show data context 213 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 256 Show data context 229 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 220 Show data context 262 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 221 Show data context 287 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 275 Show data context 317 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Date: Source:
1884 - 1911 Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO) ,

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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 Derby PLU/RegD 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: 31st May 2024