ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Great Britain Historical Database : Economic Distress and Labour Markets Data : Poor Law Statistics, 1859-1919 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:4567</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Southall, H.R.<br>University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography<br>Gilbert, D.R.<br>University of London. Royal Holloway. Department of Geography<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Leverhulme Trust<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> August 2004 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Southall, H.R. and Gilbert, D.R., <i> Great Britain Historical Database : Economic Distress and Labour Markets Data : Poor Law Statistics, 1859-1919</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], August 2004. SN: 4567, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4567-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Southall, H.R., University of Portsmouth. Gilbert, D.R., University of London. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 4567 . Great Britain Historical Database : Economic Distress and Labour Markets Data : Poor Law Statistics, 1859-1919<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Southall, H.R. , University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Southall, H.R. , University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography</h5> <h5>Gilbert, D.R. , University of London. Royal Holloway. Department of Geography</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Leverhulme Trust<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>Union-level pauper statistics from the Local Government Board's Returns to Parliament, 1907- 1911.<br> <br> Full transcript of union-level pauperage statistics from the Poor Law Board's Returns given for men, women and children, 1860- 1871.<br> <br> A full transcription of county pauperage statistics from the Annual Reports of the Poor Law Board, and later the Local Government Board arranged by men, women and children, 1860- 1879.<br> <br> County-level data pauper statistics from the Poor Law Board/LGB's Annual Reports arranged by sex, 1859- 1919.<br> <br> Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.<br> <br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> 1859 - 1919 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 1999 - 2002 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England and Wales; England; Wales <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Poor Law Union <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Textual data; Numeric data; Alpha/numeric data </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Cross-national; National; Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Persons recorded in poor law statistics in England and Wales for the period 1859 to 1939 </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Purposive selection/case studies <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 9646 <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Transcription of existing materials; Compilation or synthesis of existing material <br><i class='myclass'>Data Sources: </i> Returns to Parliament. See study documentation for details </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information.<br/><br/>In addition, ESDS is required to request permission from the depositor prior to supplying the data. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> History Data Service, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>External note: </i></b> Users based in UK HE/FE institutions can download the tables from this study through the CHCC system <a href='http://ahds.ac.uk/history/collections/chcc.htm'>http://ahds.ac.uk/history/collections/chcc.htm</a>. <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 12 August 2004<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> Southall, H.R., University of Portsmouth. Gilbert, D.R., University of London.</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>