Dunbar Parish : Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Data cube chart.

Year Receiving welfare
14 May 1855 287 Show data context
14 May 1856 321 Show data context
14 May 1857 265 Show data context
14 May 1858 286 Show data context
14 May 1859 268 Show data context
14 May 1860 304 Show data context
14 May 1861 299 Show data context
14 May 1862 223 Show data context
14 May 1863 222 Show data context
14 May 1864 317 Show data context
14 May 1865 289 Show data context
14 May 1866 290 Show data context
14 May 1867 257 Show data context
14 May 1868 282 Show data context
14 May 1869 276 Show data context
14 May 1870 273 Show data context
14 May 1871 251 Show data context
14 May 1872 274 Show data context
14 May 1873 325 Show data context
14 May 1874 289 Show data context
14 May 1875 282 Show data context
14 May 1876 292 Show data context
14 May 1877 265 Show data context
14 May 1878 237 Show data context
14 May 1879 258 Show data context
14 May 1880 233 Show data context
14 May 1881 230 Show data context
14 May 1882 229 Show data context
14 May 1883 213 Show data context
14 May 1884 176 Show data context
14 May 1885 157 Show data context
14 May 1886 147 Show data context
14 May 1887 162 Show data context
14 May 1888 146 Show data context
14 May 1889 169 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 105 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 98 Show data context
14 May 1890 93 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 97 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 107 Show data context
14 May 1891 123 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 140 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 135 Show data context
14 May 1892 117 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 129 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 138 Show data context
14 May 1893 117 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 127 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 112 Show data context
14 May 1894 118 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 133 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 127 Show data context
14 May 1895 128 Show data context
14 Sep 1895 125 Show data context
14 Jan 1896 136 Show data context
15 May 1896 120 Show data context
14 Sep 1896 117 Show data context
14 Jan 1897 132 Show data context
15 May 1897 120 Show data context
15 Jan 1898 135 Show data context
15 May 1898 142 Show data context
15 Sep 1898 133 Show data context
15 Jan 1899 141 Show data context
15 May 1899 134 Show data context
15 Sep 1899 128 Show data context
15 Jan 1900 126 Show data context
15 May 1900 121 Show data context
15 Sep 1900 121 Show data context
15 Jan 1901 118 Show data context
15 May 1901 123 Show data context
15 Sep 1901 106 Show data context
15 Jan 1902 120 Show data context
15 May 1902 138 Show data context
15 Sep 1902 123 Show data context
15 Jan 1903 131 Show data context
15 May 1903 130 Show data context
15 Sep 1903 121 Show data context
15 Jan 1904 130 Show data context
15 May 1904 122 Show data context
15 Sep 1904 124 Show data context
15 Jan 1905 133 Show data context
15 May 1905 127 Show data context
15 Sep 1905 113 Show data context
15 Jan 1906 118 Show data context
15 May 1906 118 Show data context
15 Sep 1906 111 Show data context
15 Jan 1907 117 Show data context
15 May 1907 112 Show data context
15 Sep 1907 103 Show data context
15 Jan 1908 112 Show data context
15 May 1908 94 Show data context
15 Sep 1908 98 Show data context
15 Jan 1909 126 Show data context
15 May 1909 118 Show data context
15 Sep 1909 114 Show data context
15 Jan 1910 125 Show data context
15 May 1910 105 Show data context
15 Sep 1910 110 Show data context
15 Jan 1911 103 Show data context
15 May 1911 109 Show data context
15 Sep 1911 98 Show data context
15 Jan 1912 94 Show data context
15 May 1912 105 Show data context
15 Sep 1912 104 Show data context
15 Jan 1913 97 Show data context
15 May 1913 100 Show data context
15 Sep 1913 106 Show data context
15 Jan 1914 124 Show data context
15 May 1914 128 Show data context
15 Sep 1914 111 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


Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dunbar Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10141552/cube/WELFARE_TOT

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026