PAUPERISM
This information is from the National Archives of Scotland (HH1/568)
Table A: Pauperism
Natives of Ireland chargeable at 15th May, 1911 –39, including dependants
but not including able-bodied poor, and percentage to total pauperism.
Total pauperism
Irish pauperism
Percentage of
Irish pauperism
to total
pauperism
1911
106,251
8,444
7.9
1921
98,651
6,717
6.8
1922
117,533
8,628
7.3
1923
122,534
8,994
7.3
192
127,107
9,342
7.3
1925
130,813
9,300
7.1
1926
x131,848
xx10,715
7.3
1927
127,612
9,654
7.6
1928
131,745
10,202
7.7
1929
136,517
10,127
7.4
1930
140,716
10,154
7.2
1931
156,169
11,593
7.4
1932
173,667
12,207
7.0
1933
195,032
13,678
7.0
x Excluding 35,053, members of miners’ families
xx Excluding 1,519 members of miners’ families
MIGRATION AND EMPIRE (H, HISTORY)
© Learning and Teaching Scotland 2009
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PAUPERISM
Study the table.
Write a short paragraph which details the numbers of paupers in Scotland in
the early 20th century.
Why do you think the government added the information on the Irish paupers
to this information?
Why do you think there were so many Irish paupers at the time?
What conclusions can be made about the attitudes of many government
officials to Irish immigrants at the time?
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MIGRATION AND EMPIRE (H, HISTORY)
© Learning and Teaching Scotland 2009