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Islington 1900

Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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171 [1900
THE STATE OF PAUPERISM.
As the condition of the health of the people is in no small degree dependent on
its wealth or poverty it has been thought proper to give a return showing the
amount of poverty in the borough as evidenced by the number of people receiving
indoor or outdoor relief from the Board of Guardians.

Table: During the year an average of 6,956 persons were on the pauper roll as receiving relief, either in the workhouses or in their own homes, as compared with an average of 6,540 in the preceding five years.

During the year an average of 6,956 persons were on the pauper roll as receiving relief, either in the workhouses or in their own homes, as compared with an average of 6,540 in the preceding five years.

18956,291 per week relieved.
18966,439 „
18976,486 „
18986,635 „
18996,854 „
Average6,540 „
19006,956 „
Increase416 ,,

Table: Table CIII. Showing the State of Pauperism in the Parish during the years 1896-1900.

Table CIII. Showing the State of Pauperism in the Parish during the years 1896-1900.

Average Number Relieved during each week.
Years. 1Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. 2Outdoor Paupers.Totals Outdoor. 5Totals All paupers relieved, cols. 2 & 5. 6Vagrants Relieved. 7Children Boarded out. 8Death-rates. 9[/##]
Adults. 3Children under 16. 4
18962,9122,2151,3093,5246,4362411717•09
18972,9512,2501,2853,5356,4862510815•80
18983,1682,2241,2433,4676,6352711616•53
18993,3512,2371,2663,5036,8541613118•04
19003,3972,2881,2713,5596,956710016•23
Table CIII. Showing the State of Pauperism in the Parish during the years 1896-1900.
Average Number Relieved during each week.
Years. 1Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. 2Outdoor Paupers.Totals Outdoor. 5Totals All paupers relieved, cols. 2 & 5. 6Vagrants Relieved. 7Children Boarded out. 8Death-rates. 9[/##]
Adults. 3Children under 16. 4
18962,9122,2151,3093,5246,4362411717•09
18972,9512,2501,2853,5356,4862510815•80
18983,1682,2241,2433,4676,6352711616•53
18993,3512,2371,2663,5036,8541613118•04
19003,3972,2881,2713,5596,956710016•23