Orkney and Shetland County : Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Data cube chart.

Year Paupers Dependents
14 May 1855 1,687 Show data context 225 Show data context
14 May 1856 1,667 Show data context 223 Show data context
14 May 1857 1,711 Show data context 220 Show data context
14 May 1858 1,707 Show data context 219 Show data context
14 May 1859 1,625 Show data context 208 Show data context
14 May 1860 1,678 Show data context 268 Show data context
14 May 1863 1,741 Show data context 317 Show data context
14 May 1864 1,845 Show data context 413 Show data context
14 May 1865 1,988 Show data context 532 Show data context
14 May 1866 2,011 Show data context 612 Show data context
14 May 1867 2,033 Show data context 601 Show data context
14 May 1868 2,033 Show data context 582 Show data context
14 May 1869 2,068 Show data context 586 Show data context
14 May 1870 2,061 Show data context 607 Show data context
14 May 1873 2,038 Show data context 621 Show data context
14 May 1874 2,065 Show data context 639 Show data context
14 May 1875 2,009 Show data context 665 Show data context
14 May 1876 1,987 Show data context 589 Show data context
14 May 1877 1,952 Show data context 602 Show data context
14 May 1878 1,987 Show data context 607 Show data context
14 May 1879 1,931 Show data context 566 Show data context
14 May 1880 1,925 Show data context 598 Show data context
14 May 1881 1,911 Show data context 635 Show data context
14 May 1882 1,868 Show data context 640 Show data context
14 May 1883 1,852 Show data context 587 Show data context
14 May 1884 1,793 Show data context 576 Show data context
14 May 1885 1,769 Show data context 541 Show data context
14 May 1886 1,779 Show data context 545 Show data context
14 May 1887 1,778 Show data context 554 Show data context
14 May 1888 1,782 Show data context 531 Show data context
14 May 1889 1,718 Show data context 550 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 1,549 Show data context 463 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 1,573 Show data context 449 Show data context
14 May 1890 1,556 Show data context 436 Show data context
Date Source
1855 - 1890 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


Comparing the total population of an area for consecutive Censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Orkney and Shetland County through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Numbers of Paupers & Dependents, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026