Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

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Year Receiving welfare
01 Jan 1861 1,220 Show data context
01 Jul 1861 1,148 Show data context
01 Jan 1862 1,251 Show data context
01 Jul 1862 1,201 Show data context
01 Jan 1863 1,157 Show data context
01 Jul 1863 1,234 Show data context
01 Jan 1864 1,180 Show data context
01 Jul 1864 1,189 Show data context
01 Jan 1865 1,178 Show data context
01 Jul 1865 1,126 Show data context
01 Jan 1866 1,110 Show data context
01 Jul 1866 990 Show data context
01 Jan 1867 948 Show data context
01 Jul 1867 975 Show data context
01 Jan 1868 1,003 Show data context
01 Jul 1868 1,014 Show data context
01 Jan 1869 1,059 Show data context
01 Jul 1869 1,048 Show data context
01 Jan 1870 1,046 Show data context
01 Jul 1870 1,043 Show data context
01 Jan 1871 1,056 Show data context
01 Jul 1871 1,035 Show data context
01 Jan 1872 1,042 Show data context
01 Jul 1872 1,008 Show data context
01 Jan 1873 1,009 Show data context
01 Jul 1873 795 Show data context
01 Jan 1874 784 Show data context
01 Jul 1874 736 Show data context
01 Jan 1875 717 Show data context
01 Jul 1875 682 Show data context
01 Jan 1876 687 Show data context
01 Jul 1876 627 Show data context
01 Jan 1877 662 Show data context
01 Jul 1877 626 Show data context
01 Jan 1878 645 Show data context
01 Jul 1878 590 Show data context
01 Jan 1879 597 Show data context
01 Jul 1879 620 Show data context
01 Jan 1880 636 Show data context
01 Jul 1880 559 Show data context
01 Jan 1881 592 Show data context
01 Jul 1881 526 Show data context
01 Jan 1882 556 Show data context
01 Jul 1882 534 Show data context
01 Jan 1883 546 Show data context
01 Jul 1883 500 Show data context
01 Jan 1884 540 Show data context
01 Jul 1884 486 Show data context
01 Jan 1885 474 Show data context
01 Jul 1885 465 Show data context
01 Jan 1886 531 Show data context
01 Jul 1886 479 Show data context
01 Jan 1887 495 Show data context
01 Jul 1887 479 Show data context
01 Jan 1888 478 Show data context
01 Jul 1888 473 Show data context
01 Jan 1889 487 Show data context
01 Jul 1889 463 Show data context
01 Jan 1890 464 Show data context
01 Jul 1890 456 Show data context
01 Jan 1891 443 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 430 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 422 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 424 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 445 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 438 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 486 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 464 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 481 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 448 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 496 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 443 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 449 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 423 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 474 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 423 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 415 Show data context
01 Jul 1899 376 Show data context
01 Jan 1900 412 Show data context
01 Jul 1900 376 Show data context
01 Jan 1901 351 Show data context
01 Jul 1901 388 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 371 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 391 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 354 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 386 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 386 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 382 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 384 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 403 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 414 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 419 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 450 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 418 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 388 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 414 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 396 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 403 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 398 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 390 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 397 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 349 Show data context
Date: Source:
1861 - 1870 Poor Law Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament pre 1871 (HMSO) ,
1871 - 1911 Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO) ,

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The only information provided by the first three censuses was a three-way categorisation of families. In 1831, this more detailed categorisation was published, although it was limited to males aged 20 and over (although numbers of male servants under 20, and of female servants, were also listed). These are the most detailed parish-level occupational data ever published by the census. Information on the precise occupations of workers in retail trade and handicrafts was also published at county-level.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Brecknock RegD/PLU through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10044054/cube/WELFARE_TOT

Date accessed: 04th November 2024