Administrative unit

Wolverhampton PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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
01 Jul 1887 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1888 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1888 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1889 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1889 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
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 91 Show data context 23 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 90 Show data context 18 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 116 Show data context 19 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 122 Show data context 28 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 158 Show data context 31 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 126 Show data context 30 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 112 Show data context 26 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 200 Show data context 76 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 134 Show data context 34 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 121 Show data context 43 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 110 Show data context 14 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 100 Show data context 15 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 95 Show data context 17 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 92 Show data context 19 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 84 Show data context 16 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 91 Show data context 21 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 85 Show data context 30 Show data context
01 Jul 1899 82 Show data context 16 Show data context
01 Jan 1900 118 Show data context 52 Show data context
01 Jul 1900 66 Show data context 21 Show data context
01 Jan 1901 63 Show data context 44 Show data context
01 Jul 1901 92 Show data context 30 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 97 Show data context 74 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 90 Show data context 34 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 134 Show data context 81 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 109 Show data context 79 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 106 Show data context 86 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 102 Show data context 142 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 119 Show data context 138 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 113 Show data context 121 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 97 Show data context 92 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 93 Show data context 58 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 75 Show data context 37 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 70 Show data context 50 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 91 Show data context 90 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 91 Show data context 58 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 101 Show data context 60 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, Wolverhampton PLU through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10154819/cube/PAUPER_OUT_ABM_CAUSE

Date accessed: 05th June 2024