Dunfermline Parish : Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Data cube chart.

Year Receiving welfare
14 May 1855 1,124 Show data context
14 May 1856 1,100 Show data context
14 May 1857 1,129 Show data context
14 May 1858 1,224 Show data context
14 May 1859 1,293 Show data context
14 May 1860 1,400 Show data context
14 May 1861 1,353 Show data context
14 May 1862 1,458 Show data context
14 May 1863 1,531 Show data context
14 May 1864 1,474 Show data context
14 May 1865 1,587 Show data context
14 May 1866 1,573 Show data context
14 May 1867 1,613 Show data context
14 May 1868 1,579 Show data context
14 May 1869 1,543 Show data context
14 May 1870 1,527 Show data context
14 May 1871 1,435 Show data context
14 May 1872 1,389 Show data context
14 May 1873 1,299 Show data context
14 May 1874 1,055 Show data context
14 May 1875 1,083 Show data context
14 May 1876 912 Show data context
14 May 1877 924 Show data context
14 May 1878 1,062 Show data context
14 May 1879 1,053 Show data context
14 May 1880 1,092 Show data context
14 May 1881 1,142 Show data context
14 May 1882 1,078 Show data context
14 May 1883 1,061 Show data context
14 May 1884 985 Show data context
14 May 1885 946 Show data context
14 May 1886 1,014 Show data context
14 May 1887 1,004 Show data context
14 May 1888 900 Show data context
14 May 1889 963 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 725 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 723 Show data context
14 May 1890 728 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 736 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 735 Show data context
14 May 1891 708 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 750 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 767 Show data context
14 May 1892 766 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 726 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 688 Show data context
14 May 1893 687 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 689 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 698 Show data context
14 May 1894 689 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 740 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 735 Show data context
14 May 1895 723 Show data context
14 Sep 1895 721 Show data context
14 Jan 1896 780 Show data context
15 May 1896 773 Show data context
14 Sep 1896 763 Show data context
14 Jan 1897 709 Show data context
15 May 1897 719 Show data context
15 Jan 1898 725 Show data context
15 May 1898 705 Show data context
15 Sep 1898 724 Show data context
15 Jan 1899 697 Show data context
15 May 1899 716 Show data context
15 Sep 1899 659 Show data context
15 Jan 1900 670 Show data context
15 May 1900 691 Show data context
15 Sep 1900 669 Show data context
15 Jan 1901 648 Show data context
15 May 1901 617 Show data context
15 Sep 1901 642 Show data context
15 Jan 1902 667 Show data context
15 May 1902 638 Show data context
15 Sep 1902 640 Show data context
15 Jan 1903 640 Show data context
15 May 1903 648 Show data context
15 Sep 1903 626 Show data context
15 Jan 1904 649 Show data context
15 May 1904 653 Show data context
15 Sep 1904 644 Show data context
15 Jan 1905 731 Show data context
15 May 1905 740 Show data context
15 Sep 1905 694 Show data context
15 Jan 1906 731 Show data context
15 May 1906 705 Show data context
15 Sep 1906 721 Show data context
15 Jan 1907 737 Show data context
15 May 1907 669 Show data context
15 Sep 1907 666 Show data context
15 Jan 1908 694 Show data context
15 May 1908 689 Show data context
15 Sep 1908 682 Show data context
15 Jan 1909 729 Show data context
15 May 1909 707 Show data context
15 Sep 1909 680 Show data context
15 Jan 1910 699 Show data context
15 May 1910 645 Show data context
15 Sep 1910 658 Show data context
15 Jan 1911 577 Show data context
15 May 1911 559 Show data context
15 Sep 1911 584 Show data context
15 Jan 1912 627 Show data context
15 May 1912 578 Show data context
15 Sep 1912 572 Show data context
15 Jan 1913 551 Show data context
15 May 1913 510 Show data context
15 Sep 1913 510 Show data context
15 Jan 1914 511 Show data context
15 May 1914 487 Show data context
15 Sep 1914 495 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


This classification is designed to permit data from the 1801 Crop Returns to be included with data from the annual Agricultural Census from 1866 onwards. The 1801 Returns were highly simplified, and varied in what they reported from one parish to another, so in practice we can consistently identify only three individual crops (wheat, rye and potatoes) and two pairings ("Barley and Oats", and "Peas and Beans"). Everything else has to be included in "Other". The 1801 returns also provided limited geographical cov...


erage: a great many parishes were missing from the data, and some additional parish names could not be identified, matched more than one parish within the named county, or lacked information on the county they were in. Nottinghamshire is completely missing. County totals include data for parishes that could not be identified. The national total for England includes parishes with missing county information. The national total for England is also used as the total for England and Wales, to permit the web site to present comparisons with national totals, even though the 1801 returns contain no data on Wales.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dunfermline 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/10188507/cube/WELFARE_TOT

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026