Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XII. Memoranda by individual commissioners on various subjects.

Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09

Date:: 1910

Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XII. Memoranda by individual commissioners on various subjects. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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$II— GREAT URBAN CENTRES—continued. Table A3.—Population and Pauperism (With Age Distribution). 10 11 12 13 14 DISTRICT. Population. Age Distribution of Population 1901. Total Pauperism (Sept., 1903), excluding Lunatics an i Vagrants. Proportion of Paupers to Popula- tion at Each Age. Total 1901. Increasing or De- creasing* 1891-1901. -16 16—59 60 and over. Total. Total. —16 16—59 60 and over. M. F. M. F. Together West Riding (contd. )— Sheffield, &c West Riding Total Northumberland and Durham— The Tyne Sunderland, &c. ... The Tees Northumberland and Durham Total # 734,776 <* 368 577 26 29 1,000 t 11,515 °/ /o 1-6 0/ 10 1:4 °/ /o 0-8 /o 8-5 /o 14-1 0/ /o 11-5 2,320,022 < 335 603 27 35 28 30 25 1,000 34,076 1-5 1-4 0 6 8 2 118 10 2 798,347 642,019 294,304 <* < < 377 388 378 569 553 571 26 29 26 1,000 1,000 1,000 13,375 12,867 6,850 1- 7 2- 0 2-3 1-9 1- 8 2- 5 0-7 0-8 0 9 8 3 110 149 12-7 173 19-1 10-6 14.2 17-0 1,734,670 < 381 564 27 28 1,000 33,092 19 2 0 0 8 10 5 15 4 13 0 * For details see Table B3, column 2. t For details see Table C3, column 2. SYMBOLS. 2 % decrease and over > (decreasing). Under 2 % decrease and up to ft % increase — (stationary). 6 % to 19 % increase < (increasing). 20 % increase and over <*(rapidly increasing). Table B:f.—Population, Assessable Value, and Cost of Pauperism. 17 18 19 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DISTRICT. W.Riding (contd.)- Shemeld Ecclesall Bier- low ... Rotherham Barnsley Doncaster W Total .Riding Total.. Northumberland and Durham— ,Newcastle-on-T Gateshead Tynemouth Morpeth South Shields.. Total Darlington Auckland Durham Easington Lanchester Houghton-leS. Sunderland Chester-le- Street .. Total Hartlepool J Stockton a Middlesbrough EH ^ Total Northumberland & Durham Totai Popula- tion 1901. 246,146 179,676 111,604 113,518 63,832 734,776 2,320,022 233,644 173,453 168,662 55,744 166,844 798,347 56,209 94,542 74,252 50,725 83,386 40,847 181,506 60,552 642,019 1,734,670 >% £ 1,062,199 657,987 501,963 449,914 534,285 S 3 z o o 'A o • H g H -< £ 111,014 48,884 31,060 22,997 27,231 3,206,348 241,186 10,624,676 [ 690,997 1,393,519 684,690 751,943 276,845 706,516 75,456 48,217 39,285 11,390 48,265 3,813,513g 222,613 342,405 384,352 347,402 175,992 377,191 143,696 800,161 275,178 2,846,377 351,236 403,147 582,233 1,336,616 7,996,506 15,076 27,782 19,328 14,941 19,465 9,775 67,461 17,251 191,079 26,610 19,199 51,585 97,394 511,086 O H •+» J . « < S W cc j ^ 7\ < 8* 2/1 1/6 1/3 1/0 1/0 1/6 1/4 Cost of Poor Relief per Head of Population. 9/0 5/5 5/7 4/1 6/6 6/7 6/0 6/6 5/7 4/8 4/1 5/9 5/7 /ll 1/5 1/1 1/8 1/0 1/4 1/8 1/3 1/4 1/6 -/ll 1/9 1/6 5/5 5/11 5/3 5/11 4/8 4/9 7/5 5/8 5/11 6/0 5/10 7/5 6/7 1/3 5/11 1/2 1/9 2/2 1/5 1/4 -15 1/1 1/6 1/3 L/3 1/6 1/0 -15 1/3 1/2 1/3 -/9 -/ll -/10 -79 -/8 1/7 -19 1/0 1/9 1/5 1/4 1/6 1/5 -19 1/3 1/8 2/2 1/4 1/5 1/2 -/ll 1/2 2/2 1/9 1/4 1/9 3/0 2/4 2/8 1/7 1/9 2/3 2/11 2 4 1/8 1/9 2/1 1/10 1/1 -/to 1/0 -19 -/ll -/ll 1/1 1/H 1/0 1/1 -19 -/10 1/3 1/0 1/0 -/ll 1/0 -78 1/0 1/3 -/7 1/0 -/9 -/ll 1/7 1/2 1/2 1/9 1/1 -/ll -76 -77 1/2 -/ll -/ii -/10 -/7 -/8 -/8 /9 -/9 -/8 -/o -/7 -/6 -/7 -/I I 78 -79 -/ll -/io -/10 1/4 -/4 -/5 -/4 1/1 /9 7 5 -/I -A -/2 -15 -I* -15 -P -A -/4 -/6 -/3 -/8 -/6 ■19 -/5 S a 1/3 1/0 -/8 -15 -/8 Cost of Poor Relief Per Pauper. o EH £ a. 19 19 17 15 15 12 11 4 13 8 /ll 16 1512 6 5 13 28 7 2 18 2 0 2 9 ,'8 -/1012 -/* -AO -15 -n 16 312 116 128 2 2 111 112 10 14 £ s. 12 14 11 13 9 1 13 2 o 028 16 5 10 28 16 27 5 19 10 84 10 19 4 10 104 13 18 4 11 11 11 11 10 4 10 11 9 410 £ s. 5 16 18 30 7 30 14 27 10 28 12 1610 7 4 14 29 101 141 16 14 30 126 10 30 106 14 105 5 11 11 166 18 6 10 12 111 106 430 41 70 101 0 18 i 3 4 /8 12 4 10 14 5 6 30 1 1 10 0 18 t 7 19 29 10 1 11 6 0 19 10 30 51 61 2 5 29 18 0 0 0 7 30 29 11 9 30 4 30 14 28 12 30 6 29 12 32 9 154 7 4 1131 101 90 18 £ s 3 17 3 9 2 13 1 1 60 2 30 £ s. 3 0 1 5 1 5 19 2 3 1 1 1 0 4 11 170 5 20 19 0 8 18 0 ]0 17 1 1 1 2 •111 8 1 14 0 141 180 11 1 0 « x oa £ s. 1 15 3 3 1 16 I 2 L 6 1 12 2 11 L 4 0 10 1 3 10 14 L 1 14 2 4 0 16 1 12 0 13 0 17 4 1 2 L 7 1 4$