South Leith Parish : Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Data cube chart.

Year Receiving welfare
14 May 1855 1,448 Show data context
14 May 1856 1,092 Show data context
14 May 1857 1,455 Show data context
14 May 1858 1,196 Show data context
14 May 1859 1,350 Show data context
14 May 1860 1,353 Show data context
14 May 1861 1,594 Show data context
14 May 1862 1,507 Show data context
14 May 1863 1,942 Show data context
14 May 1864 1,762 Show data context
14 May 1865 1,904 Show data context
14 May 1866 1,943 Show data context
14 May 1867 1,939 Show data context
14 May 1868 1,964 Show data context
14 May 1869 1,938 Show data context
14 May 1870 2,044 Show data context
14 May 1871 2,259 Show data context
14 May 1872 2,139 Show data context
14 May 1873 2,112 Show data context
14 May 1874 1,791 Show data context
14 May 1875 1,824 Show data context
14 May 1876 1,590 Show data context
14 May 1877 1,502 Show data context
14 May 1878 1,622 Show data context
14 May 1879 1,809 Show data context
14 May 1880 1,885 Show data context
14 May 1881 1,632 Show data context
14 May 1882 1,480 Show data context
14 May 1883 1,528 Show data context
14 May 1884 1,540 Show data context
14 May 1885 1,537 Show data context
14 May 1886 1,509 Show data context
14 May 1887 1,398 Show data context
14 May 1888 1,413 Show data context
14 May 1889 1,380 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 891 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 948 Show data context
14 May 1890 848 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 860 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 914 Show data context
14 May 1891 898 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 863 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 943 Show data context
14 May 1892 903 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 899 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 958 Show data context
14 May 1893 971 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 950 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 1,060 Show data context
14 May 1894 996 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 996 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 1,022 Show data context
14 May 1895 1,047 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 Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.) ,

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Male and female deaths.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Leith 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/10285023/cube/WELFARE_TOT

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026