Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

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Year Receiving welfare
01 Jan 1861 923 Show data context
01 Jul 1861 791 Show data context
01 Jan 1862 957 Show data context
01 Jul 1862 742 Show data context
01 Jan 1863 904 Show data context
01 Jul 1863 890 Show data context
01 Jan 1864 922 Show data context
01 Jul 1864 837 Show data context
01 Jan 1865 997 Show data context
01 Jul 1865 908 Show data context
01 Jan 1866 923 Show data context
01 Jul 1866 940 Show data context
01 Jan 1867 973 Show data context
01 Jul 1867 1,015 Show data context
01 Jan 1868 1,160 Show data context
01 Jul 1868 1,083 Show data context
01 Jan 1869 1,270 Show data context
01 Jul 1869 1,139 Show data context
01 Jan 1870 1,450 Show data context
01 Jul 1870 1,268 Show data context
01 Jan 1871 1,406 Show data context
01 Jul 1871 1,341 Show data context
01 Jan 1872 1,506 Show data context
01 Jul 1872 1,371 Show data context
01 Jan 1873 1,507 Show data context
01 Jul 1873 1,331 Show data context
01 Jan 1874 1,464 Show data context
01 Jul 1874 1,371 Show data context
01 Jan 1875 1,387 Show data context
01 Jul 1875 1,301 Show data context
01 Jan 1876 1,362 Show data context
01 Jul 1876 1,291 Show data context
01 Jan 1877 1,284 Show data context
01 Jul 1877 1,117 Show data context
01 Jan 1878 1,208 Show data context
01 Jul 1878 1,110 Show data context
01 Jan 1879 1,233 Show data context
01 Jul 1879 1,180 Show data context
01 Jan 1880 1,220 Show data context
01 Jul 1880 1,100 Show data context
01 Jan 1881 1,281 Show data context
01 Jul 1881 1,168 Show data context
01 Jan 1882 1,366 Show data context
01 Jul 1882 1,211 Show data context
01 Jan 1883 1,391 Show data context
01 Jul 1883 1,331 Show data context
01 Jan 1884 1,352 Show data context
01 Jul 1884 1,246 Show data context
01 Jan 1885 1,324 Show data context
01 Jul 1885 1,241 Show data context
01 Jan 1886 1,332 Show data context
01 Jul 1886 1,231 Show data context
01 Jan 1887 1,199 Show data context
01 Jul 1887 1,122 Show data context
01 Jan 1888 1,228 Show data context
01 Jul 1888 1,178 Show data context
01 Jan 1889 1,211 Show data context
01 Jul 1889 1,107 Show data context
01 Jan 1890 1,192 Show data context
01 Jul 1890 1,118 Show data context
01 Jan 1891 1,175 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 1,118 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 1,162 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 1,053 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 1,228 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 1,119 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 1,261 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 1,219 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 1,295 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 1,289 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 1,366 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 1,312 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 1,377 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 1,348 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 1,432 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 1,403 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 1,525 Show data context
01 Jul 1899 1,510 Show data context
01 Jan 1900 1,537 Show data context
01 Jul 1900 1,440 Show data context
01 Jan 1901 1,337 Show data context
01 Jul 1901 1,462 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 1,432 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 1,547 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 1,409 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 1,468 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 1,503 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 1,587 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 1,492 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 1,695 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 1,573 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 1,767 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 1,668 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 1,825 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 1,723 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 1,951 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 1,681 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 1,869 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 1,657 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 1,829 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 1,660 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 1,443 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 Ministry of Labour's inter-war Local Unemployment Index mainly reported rates of unemployment, as percentages, and these are presented here. The reports do list the total number of persons insured, enabling the actual number of the unemployed to be calculated, but they do not break down the number of insured people by sex and age, so these rates are the only information we have. Note that between 1927 and 1936 the LUI was known to be imprecise because the count of the unemployed included (a) workers insured u...


nder the Agricultural Scheme, (b) workers aged between 14 and 16 and (c) workers aged 65 and over, while the count of insured workers used as a divisor in calculating the unemployment rate did not. In January 1937 a 'New Series' of the LUI was begun in which the number recorded as unemployed excluded the above categories. All reports included figures for change in the total percentage unemployed over the preceding twelve months, and those given in the 1937 reports are based on an adjusted figure for the previous year; it is therefore possible for 1936 to compare the rates originally published with corrected rates for the same places and dates. The figures held here are the unadjusted rates.


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

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Date accessed: 31st October 2024