Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXV. Statistics relating to England and Wales.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.
Date:
1911
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    AGES AND CLASSIFICATION 01 ;JU TABLE 1.—NUMBER OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PAUPERS IN THE VARIOUS AGE p FEMALE ADULTS, AND CHILDREN, IN ENGLAND AND iL {Excluding Lunatics in Asylums, Registetdk} Ages. Classification. i ft 20— 25— 35— 45— OO— ENGLAND AND WALES. I.—Persons relieved in Institutions. Ordinarily Able-bodied Adults. / C M (In health - Married J 1 Jen ' \ Temporarily disabled - Couples. 1 ,,r f In health - [ ^ omen t Temporarily disabled - A,, -«T f In health Other Men - { Temporarily disabled - ( w l i In health Other J vvul0Wh \ Temporarily disabled - Women. J q, . / In health - (, ~\ Temporarily disabled - 4 2 525 508 725 860 9 4 25 19 342 767 3 8 762 1,443 89 33 112 1,008 2,333 184 167 1,916 2,501 204 78 104 1,949 3,918 475 586 1,741 2,213 173 99 130 94 3,326 5,644 665 1,145 1,099 1,842 51 48 41 37 1,940 3,263 391 762 400 794 Not Able-bodied - Adults. ' Men (married and single) .... 1^ - ; : ; 540 626 616 4 784 1,495 56 1,479 2,465 274 1,608 4,390 852 1,853 3,395 841 1,131 Adult Casual Paupers relieved in the Workhouse, Casual Wards, or Infirmary 104 387 1,738 2,753 2,661 914 Lunatics and Idiots. Men w f Widows Women - - \otheT8 . . -_ 525 1 420 715 1 586 1,479 6 1,410 1,265 36 1,460 1,286 114 1,462 596 97 606 Total Adults - - 4,840 6,475 16,176 21,378 26,835 15,307 I Under 1 year. 1— 3— 5— II Children , under 16. ' / Children of Able-bodied Inmates (including Illegitimate Children) - Children of Not Able-bodied Inmates (in- cluding Illegitimate Children) Orphans and Other Children relieved without Casual Paupers ^Lunatics and Idiots ..... 2,121 231 447 15 2,082 259 1,367 41 4 2,189 300 2,415 37 9 5,790 1,173 12,721 77 306 Total Children - - 2,814 3,753 4,950 20,067 II.—Persons TIONS. Able-bodied. ( relieved otherwise than in Institu- 16— 20— 25— 35— 45— 55— / f Sudden and urgent necessity - Men J ^wn sickness, accident, or infirmity 1 Sickness, etc., of family - [Want of work or other causes Wives of above Single Women without children - Mothers of Illegitimate Children - v Wives of Non-resident Men 7 203 6 57 14 500 16 10 11 341 147 103 569 287 436 59 218 88 1,881 1,283 827 3,813 7,173 546 90 1,932 113 2,948 1,738 1,063 4,680 16,242 537 86 2,343 80 2,428 936 764 2,485 9,412 437 31 769 16 919 227 272 618 1,419 207 2 91 Not Able-bodied. ' Men - Wives of above - Other Women 267 363 550 72 762 1,688 1,023 2,339 2,910 2,582 3,442 3,903 4,158 5,885 2,773 3,433 5,414 Adult Casual Paupers relieved out of the Workhouse, 3 27 35 18 5 Lunatics and Idiots. Men Women - 110 96 243 212 486 582 405 687 258 532 104 176 Total Adults - - 1,649 4,013 23,778 39,811 32,096 15,676 Under 1 year. 1— 3— 5— Children ; under 16. 1 / Children of Able-bodied Men Children dependent on Able-bodied Widows Illegitimate Children of Able-bodied Mothers Children of Non-resident Men Children of Not Able-bodied Paupers - Orphans and Other Children relieved with- Casual Paupers ^Lunatics and Idiots ..... 2,299 1,179 71 616 431 20 5,008 6,326 60 1,882 1,418 133 5,290 10,700 52 2,348 2,056 449 1 5 12,856 39,441 134 6,071 7,004 3,751 1 21