Douglas Parish : Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Data cube chart.

Year Paupers Dependents
14 May 1855 99 Show data context 40 Show data context
14 May 1856 95 Show data context 47 Show data context
14 May 1857 91 Show data context 47 Show data context
14 May 1858 95 Show data context 35 Show data context
14 May 1859 89 Show data context 27 Show data context
14 May 1860 84 Show data context 25 Show data context
14 May 1861 83 Show data context 34 Show data context
14 May 1862 80 Show data context 36 Show data context
14 May 1863 90 Show data context 37 Show data context
14 May 1864 87 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 May 1865 82 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 May 1866 82 Show data context 35 Show data context
14 May 1867 77 Show data context 27 Show data context
14 May 1868 91 Show data context 28 Show data context
14 May 1869 79 Show data context 46 Show data context
14 May 1870 75 Show data context 41 Show data context
14 May 1871 76 Show data context 36 Show data context
14 May 1872 71 Show data context 43 Show data context
14 May 1873 75 Show data context 59 Show data context
14 May 1874 66 Show data context 64 Show data context
14 May 1875 67 Show data context 54 Show data context
14 May 1876 63 Show data context 56 Show data context
14 May 1877 62 Show data context 51 Show data context
14 May 1878 61 Show data context 53 Show data context
14 May 1879 59 Show data context 55 Show data context
14 May 1880 55 Show data context 43 Show data context
14 May 1881 49 Show data context 33 Show data context
14 May 1882 48 Show data context 45 Show data context
14 May 1883 53 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 May 1884 46 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 May 1885 47 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 May 1886 52 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 May 1887 52 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 May 1888 52 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 May 1889 58 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 52 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 48 Show data context 29 Show data context
14 May 1890 47 Show data context 28 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 49 Show data context 37 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 46 Show data context 34 Show data context
14 May 1891 45 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 45 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 52 Show data context 41 Show data context
14 May 1892 50 Show data context 36 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 50 Show data context 36 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 52 Show data context 34 Show data context
14 May 1893 49 Show data context 28 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 51 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 49 Show data context 35 Show data context
14 May 1894 47 Show data context 26 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 47 Show data context 26 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 51 Show data context 30 Show data context
14 May 1895 46 Show data context 25 Show data context
14 Sep 1895 47 Show data context 28 Show data context
14 Jan 1896 52 Show data context 20 Show data context
15 May 1896 49 Show data context 28 Show data context
14 Sep 1896 53 Show data context 23 Show data context
14 Jan 1897 55 Show data context 32 Show data context
15 May 1897 53 Show data context 21 Show data context
15 Jan 1898 54 Show data context 21 Show data context
15 May 1898 50 Show data context 20 Show data context
15 Sep 1898 53 Show data context 22 Show data context
15 Jan 1899 53 Show data context 21 Show data context
15 May 1899 52 Show data context 22 Show data context
15 Sep 1899 52 Show data context 20 Show data context
15 Jan 1900 50 Show data context 20 Show data context
15 May 1900 49 Show data context 20 Show data context
15 Sep 1900 42 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 Jan 1901 42 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 May 1901 34 Show data context 10 Show data context
15 Sep 1901 34 Show data context 10 Show data context
15 Jan 1902 37 Show data context 7 Show data context
15 May 1902 38 Show data context 7 Show data context
15 Sep 1902 36 Show data context 6 Show data context
15 Jan 1903 35 Show data context 7 Show data context
15 May 1903 35 Show data context 6 Show data context
15 Sep 1903 41 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 Jan 1904 42 Show data context 9 Show data context
15 May 1904 41 Show data context 8 Show data context
15 Sep 1904 40 Show data context 13 Show data context
15 Jan 1905 38 Show data context 9 Show data context
15 May 1905 40 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 Sep 1905 40 Show data context 10 Show data context
15 Jan 1906 43 Show data context 8 Show data context
15 May 1906 44 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 Sep 1906 46 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 Jan 1907 49 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 May 1907 46 Show data context 10 Show data context
15 Sep 1907 43 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 Jan 1908 44 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 May 1908 41 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 Sep 1908 37 Show data context 9 Show data context
15 Jan 1909 37 Show data context 10 Show data context
15 May 1909 37 Show data context 9 Show data context
15 Sep 1909 37 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 Jan 1910 38 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 May 1910 38 Show data context 13 Show data context
15 Sep 1910 37 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Jan 1911 29 Show data context 17 Show data context
15 May 1911 29 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 Sep 1911 27 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 Jan 1912 31 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 May 1912 27 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 Sep 1912 29 Show data context 22 Show data context
15 Jan 1913 27 Show data context 18 Show data context
15 May 1913 27 Show data context 17 Show data context
15 Sep 1913 26 Show data context 17 Show data context
15 Jan 1914 25 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 May 1914 25 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 Sep 1914 24 Show data context 14 Show data context
Date Source
1855 - 1894 Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor, Annual Report of the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor and of Public Health in Scotland. (H.M.S.O.) ,
1895 - 1914 Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.) ,

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nCube definition


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, Douglas Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Numbers of Paupers & Dependents, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10141515/cube/PAUPER_DEP_SCOT

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026