House ticket from a dwelling in Young Street, Edinburgh

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  W.1989.22
• Date: Between the mid 19th and early 20th century
  Mid 19th to early 20th century
  
• Material: Metal
  Plate / ticket
  
• 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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