Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief

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Year Sick Other
01 Jul 1884 79 Show data context 7 Show data context
01 Jan 1885 120 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jul 1885 85 Show data context 10 Show data context
01 Jan 1886 106 Show data context 28 Show data context
01 Jul 1886 81 Show data context 11 Show data context
01 Jan 1887 98 Show data context 10 Show data context
01 Jul 1887 90 Show data context 8 Show data context
01 Jan 1888 71 Show data context 40 Show data context
01 Jul 1888 85 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jan 1889 94 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jul 1889 83 Show data context 12 Show data context
01 Jan 1890 82 Show data context 6 Show data context
01 Jul 1890 76 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jan 1891 78 Show data context 15 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 66 Show data context 8 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 69 Show data context 139 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 80 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 68 Show data context 19 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 64 Show data context 11 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 69 Show data context 8 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 54 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 59 Show data context 11 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 70 Show data context 6 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 67 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 53 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 65 Show data context 7 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 61 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 64 Show data context 12 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 66 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 73 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jul 1899 59 Show data context 3 Show data context
01 Jan 1900 80 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jul 1900 70 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jan 1901 78 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jul 1901 60 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 50 Show data context 6 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 51 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 55 Show data context 2 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 46 Show data context 1 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 65 Show data context 1 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 60 Show data context 7 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 67 Show data context 93 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 55 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 51 Show data context 39 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 43 Show data context 1 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 53 Show data context 7 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 38 Show data context 9 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 48 Show data context 3 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 38 Show data context 262 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 55 Show data context 151 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 27 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 42 Show data context 23 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 46 Show data context 3 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 37 Show data context 9 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 34 Show data context 5 Show data context
01 Jan 1912 34 Show data context 11 Show data context
01 Jul 1912 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
01 Jan 1913 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1913 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1914 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1914 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1915 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1916 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1917 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1918 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1919 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Date: Source:
1884 - 1919 Local Government Board, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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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, Cumberland RegC 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: 27th April 2024