The following table (p. 276) summarizes the facts elicited by the return as to the paupers relieved during twelve months. (It should be observed that, of the 1,573,074 persons enumerated, 211,082 were in receipt of medical relief only. Of the 401,904 paupers over 65, however, but 25,447 were in receipt of medical relief only.)
PAUPERS RELIEVED IN ENGLAND AND WALES
DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING LADY DAY 1892
| Ages. | Indoor. | Outdoor. | Total Paupers. | ||||||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| 65 and over | 68,490 | 45,654 | 114,144 | 95,140 | 192,620 | 287,760 | 163,630 | 238,274 | 401,904 |
| 16 to 65 | 134,561 | 97,723 | 232,284 | 141,826 | 243,473 | 385,299 | 276,387 | 341,196 | 617,583 |
| Under 16 | — | — | 111,782 | — | — | 441,805 | — | — | 553,587 |
| Totals | — | — | 458,210 | — | — | 1,114,864 | — | — | 1,573,074 |
Comparing the number of paupers in England and Wales, as shown by the figures on p. 276 with the census population of 1891, we get:
TOTAL PAUPERS IN 1891
COMPARED WITH TOTAL POPULATION
(ENGLAND AND WALES ONLY)
| Total Paupers relieved | 1,573,074 |
| Total Population, Census 1891 | 29,000,000 |
| Paupers per 1,000 | 54 |
Thus the paupers of all ages relieved in 1891 amounted to one in every eighteen of the population of England and Wales.
What of those over 65? The facts are:
PAUPERS AGED 65 AND UPWARDS IN 1891
COMPARED WITH TOTAL POPULATION OF THAT AGE
(IN ENGLAND AND WALES ONLY)