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Stephen T. Ziliak
Table Bf17-22 - Tax assessments and expenditures for the poor in Philadelphia: 1800-1854
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Bf17
Bf18
Bf19
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Bf20
Bf21
Bf22
Poor-tax assessment
Total expenditures for the poor
Almshouse expenditures
Outdoor expenditures
Total
Percentage of total expenditures
Total
Percentage of total expenditures
Row
Fiscal year beginning
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Percent
Dollars
Percent
1
1800
50,000
47,212
25,330
4
54
21,882
46
2
1801
75,000
59,830
37,568
4
63
22,262
37
3
1802
60,000
73,507
38,004
4
52
35,503
48
4
1803
75,000
79,684
50,192
63
29,492
37
5
1804
70,000
91,702
55,202
60
36,500
40
6
1805
90,000
96,025
62,309
65
33,716
35
7
1806
90,000
89,795
57,942
65
31,854
35
8
1807
91,160
103,856
67,537
65
36,318
35
9
1808
90,000
113,952
79,414
70
34,537
30
10
1809
83,000
113,049
76,704
68
36,345
32
11
1810
88,000
92,203
58,154
63
34,049
37
12
1811
102,954
88,040
49,023
56
39,067
44
13
1812
102,595
----
----
----
----
----
14
1813
90,000
103,981
45,409
44
58,572
56
15
1814
100,000
120,488
64,424
53
56,064
47
16
1815
110,000
124,660
70,788
57
53,872
43
17
1816
110,000
117,892
63,222
54
54,670
46
18
1817
150,000
107,598
52,031
48
55,567
52
19
1818
135,000
116,408
48,811
42
67,596
58
20
1819
135,000
98,014
51,393
52
46,621
48
21
1820
140,000
95,010
51,501
54
43,509
46
22
1821
130,000
97,847
50,511
52
47,337
48
23
1822
105,940
111,120
59,506
54
51,530
46
24
1823
114,468
129,125
57,227
44
71,898
56
25
1824
132,317
110,020
52,423
49
55,597
51
26
1825
129,383
100,170
52,842
52
47,329
48
27
1826
89,961
119,798
70,789
59
49,009
41
28
1827
80,000
83,088
52,419
63
30,669
37
29
1828
90,000
82,154
55,190
67
26,964
33
30
1829
90,000
83,508
53,877
65
29,631
35
31
1830
80,564
86,614
54,494
63
32,120
37
32
1831
91,828
106,139
69,513
66
36,626
34
33
1832
139,891
106,252
64,814
61
41,438
39
34
1833
----
101,597
68,308
67
33,289
33
35
1835
168,942
114,092
97,720
86
16,372
14
36
1836
----
112,107
100,297
89
11,810
11
37
1837
----
130,360
114,933
88
15,427
12
38
1838
----
122,612
105,921
86
16,691
14
39
1839
169,043
111,292
84,902
76
26,390
24
40
1840
----
98,763
70,621
72
28,142
28
41
1841
----
120,035
88,910
74
31,125
26
42
1842
181,094
115,511
80,755
70
34,756
30
43
1843
178,003
113,034
79,489
70
33,546
30
44
1844
194,825
----
----
----
----
----
45
1845
161,025
144,074
105,245
73
38,829
27
46
1846
197,265
129,345
91,463
71
37,882
29
47
1847
191,013
144,598
106,207
73
38,391
27
48
1848
189,425
148,297
100,683
68
47,613
32
49
1849
191,037
166,346
117,759
70
48,587
30
50
1850
208,018
167,204
121,485
73
45,719
27
51
1852
259,583
176,434
120,878
69
55,557
31
52
1853
----
193,277
127,558
66
65,719
34
53
1854
3
----
143,771
115,665
80
28,107
20
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