Canongate Parish : Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Data cube chart.

Year Paupers Dependents
14 May 1855 260 Show data context 73 Show data context
14 May 1856 333 Show data context 157 Show data context
14 May 1857 386 Show data context 212 Show data context
14 May 1858 421 Show data context 185 Show data context
14 May 1859 293 Show data context 174 Show data context
14 May 1860 211 Show data context 100 Show data context
14 May 1861 210 Show data context 82 Show data context
14 May 1862 252 Show data context 120 Show data context
14 May 1863 231 Show data context 138 Show data context
14 May 1864 311 Show data context 157 Show data context
14 May 1865 266 Show data context 165 Show data context
14 May 1866 264 Show data context 174 Show data context
14 May 1867 267 Show data context 169 Show data context
14 May 1868 268 Show data context 172 Show data context
14 May 1869 370 Show data context 257 Show data context
14 May 1870 307 Show data context 213 Show data context
Date Source
1855 - 1870 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.) ,

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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, Canongate 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/10285028/cube/PAUPER_DEP_SCOT

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026