House ticket from a dwelling in Young Street, Edinburgh

This metal ticket is for a dwelling at the back of a shop in Young Street in Edinburgh. Such tickets were an attempt to reduce over-crowding, by linking the volume of dwellings to the number of people who could live there.

Metal plate or house ticket, from 5 Young Street, Edinburgh, probably mid 19th to early 20th century

An 1866 report on Edinburgh stated 'in no part of the world does there exist greater over-crowding of population'. In the same year Glasgow was the first to introduce a system of ticket control for dwelling houses.

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Online ID:	000-100-083-236-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland W.1989.22
Date:	Between the mid 19th and early 20th century Mid 19th to early 20th century
Material:	Metal
Dimensions:	80 mm H x 165 mm L
What:	Plate / ticket
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Where:	Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh (5 Young Street)
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