Wigtownshire County : Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers

Numbers of Sane & Lunatic Paupers

Data cube chart.

Year Sane Lunatics
15 May 1896 677 Show data context 112 Show data context
15 May 1897 709 Show data context 105 Show data context
15 May 1898 739 Show data context 102 Show data context
15 May 1899 731 Show data context 93 Show data context
15 May 1900 691 Show data context 92 Show data context
15 May 1901 677 Show data context 91 Show data context
15 May 1902 663 Show data context 91 Show data context
15 May 1903 631 Show data context 100 Show data context
15 May 1904 635 Show data context 103 Show data context
15 May 1905 637 Show data context 101 Show data context
15 May 1906 626 Show data context 102 Show data context
15 May 1907 640 Show data context 104 Show data context
15 May 1908 617 Show data context 106 Show data context
15 May 1909 594 Show data context 104 Show data context
15 May 1910 591 Show data context 100 Show data context
15 May 1911 436 Show data context 105 Show data context
15 May 1912 466 Show data context 100 Show data context
15 May 1913 463 Show data context 100 Show data context
15 May 1914 489 Show data context 108 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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nCube definition


Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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

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Date accessed: 03rd August 2026