Midlothian County : Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers

Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers

Data cube chart.

Year Sane Lunatics
15 May 1896 4,531 Show data context 1,173 Show data context
15 May 1897 4,543 Show data context 1,211 Show data context
15 May 1898 4,628 Show data context 1,219 Show data context
15 May 1899 4,597 Show data context 1,293 Show data context
15 May 1900 4,759 Show data context 1,347 Show data context
15 May 1901 4,757 Show data context 1,438 Show data context
15 May 1902 4,809 Show data context 1,451 Show data context
15 May 1903 5,050 Show data context 1,512 Show data context
15 May 1904 5,445 Show data context 1,542 Show data context
15 May 1905 5,492 Show data context 1,578 Show data context
15 May 1906 5,524 Show data context 1,636 Show data context
15 May 1907 5,427 Show data context 1,644 Show data context
15 May 1908 5,559 Show data context 1,657 Show data context
15 May 1909 5,548 Show data context 1,695 Show data context
15 May 1910 5,411 Show data context 1,691 Show data context
15 May 1911 4,790 Show data context 1,727 Show data context
15 May 1912 4,844 Show data context 1,736 Show data context
15 May 1913 4,688 Show data context 1,718 Show data context
15 May 1914 4,701 Show data context 1,721 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 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/10058648/cube/PAUPER_SANITY_SCOT

Date accessed: 04th June 2026