Dumfries Parish : Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers

Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers

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Year Sane Lunatics
15 May 1896 195 Show data context 38 Show data context
15 May 1897 203 Show data context 39 Show data context
15 May 1898 214 Show data context 38 Show data context
15 May 1899 202 Show data context 41 Show data context
15 May 1900 223 Show data context 46 Show data context
15 May 1901 204 Show data context 48 Show data context
15 May 1902 198 Show data context 54 Show data context
15 May 1903 226 Show data context 52 Show data context
15 May 1904 238 Show data context 51 Show data context
15 May 1905 248 Show data context 51 Show data context
15 May 1906 231 Show data context 51 Show data context
15 May 1907 222 Show data context 55 Show data context
15 May 1908 230 Show data context 63 Show data context
15 May 1909 222 Show data context 63 Show data context
15 May 1910 212 Show data context 66 Show data context
15 May 1911 175 Show data context 57 Show data context
15 May 1912 188 Show data context 58 Show data context
15 May 1913 183 Show data context 55 Show data context
15 May 1914 190 Show data context 55 Show data context
Date Source
1896 - 1914 Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.) ,

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The National Statistics Socio-economic Classfication has been used by the census since 2001 "to measure the employment relations and conditions of occupations", replacing the earlier system of Socio-Economic Groups.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dumfries Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026