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Population tables and report. Scotland. [Vol. II], 1861

(Pages i-viii) Title page and content

(54 pages)

Report

(Page ix) Importance of the age, conjugal condition and occupation abstracts

(Page ix) Abstracts alone applicable to registration counties and divisions

(Page ix) Groups of districts into which Scotland is divided

(Pages x-xx)

Ages of the people

(Page x) Number of persons whose ages were ascertained

(Page x) Number who returned no age

(Page x) Table showing number of males and of females at each year of life under 5, but at every quinquennial period after that till the close of life

(Page xi) Table showing the proportions of males and females at each quinquennial period of life

(Page xi) Number of persons progressively diminished at each period of life as age advances

(Page xi) Regularity of decrease disturbed by emigration and immigration

(Page xii) Table showing the proportion of males and of females at each quinquennial period of life in Scotland and England

(Page xii) Proportions under and above 20 years of age

(Page xiii) Natural law regulating that proportion in old and in new settled countries

(Page xiii) Erroneous theories from not recognizing that law

(Page xiv) Table showing the proportion of males to females at each quinquennial period of life

(Page xv) Disproportion of the sexes, males most numerous under 15 years of age

(Page xvi) Number of males and females equal at the 18th year of life

(Page xvi) Increase of females above 20 years of age caused by excessive emigration of the males

(Page xvi) Proportion of sexes affected by return of male emigrants

(Page xvii) Their probable number

(Page xvii) Amount of emigration in ten years, and table showing the numbers emigrating annually

(Page xviii) Great decrease-in aged persons during last ten years

(Page xviii) Respective increase of the sexes at different ages

(Page xix) Different proportion of males between 20 and 40 years of age in town and rural districts

(Page xix) Proportion of males between 20 and 40 in counties increasing in population from that which exists in counties decreasing in population

(Page xix) Proportion of males between 40 and 60

(Page xx) Proportion of males above 60 years of age in town and rural districts, etc

(Page xx) Comparison between England and Scotland as to the proportion of persons at different ages

(Pages xxi-xxviii)

Conjugal condition of the people

(Page xxi) Number and proportion of bachelors, husbands, and widowers in the total population

(Page xxi) Number and proportion of spinsters, wives, and widows in the total population

(Page xxi) Tables showing the conjugal condition of the populations of Scotland, England, and Ireland in 1861

(Page xxii) Table showing the conjugal condition of the males in Scotland at each quinquennial period of life

(Page xxii) Table showing the same facts for the females of Scotland

(Page xxii) Excess of marriageable women in Scotland

(Page xxii) The conjugal condition of the people of Scotland and England compared

(Page xxiii) Lower conjugal state in Scotland

(Page xxiv) Census numbers correspond with marriage register

(Page xxiv) Remarks of census commissioners of 1851 on the low conjugal condition of the people of Scotland

(Page xxv) Few irregular marriages in Scotland

(Page xxvi) The English who abused the marriage laws of Scotland

(Page xxvi) Effect of Lord Brougham's act for preventing irregular marriages

(Page xxvi) Suggested amendment in marriage laws

(Page xxvi) Scottish birth-rate-at least equal to the English

(Page xxvii) More children born to each marriage in Scotland than England

(Page xxviii) Greater fruitfulness of the Scottish women

(Pages xxviii-xxxvi)

Husbands and wives

(Page xxviii) Number and proportion of husbands and wives in the population

(Page xxix) Table showing the number and proportion of husbands whose wives were absent, and of wives whose husbands were absent, when census was taken

(Page xxix) Proportion of men above 15 years of age who are husbands in each county, and in the six principal towns

(Page xxx) Proportion of women who are wives in each county, and in the six principal towns

(Page xxx) Table showing the conjugal condition of the males in Scotland above 15 years of age, its groups of districts, registration counties, and principal towns, also the per centage of bachelors, husbands, and widowers to the total males above 15 years of age

(Page xxxi) Table showing same facts for the females

(Page xxxii) Table showing the annual proportion of marriages in each county

(Page xxxiii) Tables showing the conjugal condition of the people of Scotland and of England at three periods of life, and remarks thereon

(Page xxxiv) Fewer persons married in Scotland than England

(Page xxxiv) Number and proportion of husbands and of wives in Scotland and England under 21 years and under 25 years of age, and relative tables

(Page xxxv) Marriages slightly earlier in life in England than in Scotland

(Page xxxvi) Mean age of husband and wife

(Page xxxvi) Mean age at marriage

(Page xxxvi) Probable proportion of marriages which prove barren

(Pages xxxvi-xxxviii)

Widowers and widows

(Page xxxvi) Number and proportion of the widows

(Page xxxvi) Great excess of widows

(Page xxxvii) More widowers than widows re-marry

(Page xxxvii) Increase of the widowed with age

(Page xxxvii) Age at which the widowed and the married are equal

(Page xxxvii) Fewer widowers, but more widows, in Scotland than England

(Page xxxviii) Proportion of widowed in the several counties and towns

(Pages xxxviii-xl)

Bachelors and spinsters

(Page xxxviii) Number and proportion of bachelors and spinsters

(Page xxxviii) Proportion of bachelors and spinsters at different ages

(Page xxxix) Number of unmarried women who bear children annually in Scotland and England, and relative tables

(Page xl) Emigration a necessity with Scotland

(Page xl) Female emigration should in especial be encouraged

(Pages xl-lv)

Occupations of the people

(Page xl) Importance of knowing the occupations of the people

(Page xli) Use to government and to inquirers into vital statistics

(Page xli) Classification of occupations explained

(Page xlii) Suggestions for procuring a more perfect classification

(Page xliii) Objections to present classification

(Page xlv) Principle on which a classification of the people according to occupations ought to be drawn up

(Page xlvi) Present tables do not even give the number following each trade at the date of taking the census

(Page xlvii) Advantage of having all settled for next census without delay

(Page xlvii) The number of persons in each of the six classes of occupations

(Page xlvii) Proportions in each class of occupations in 1851 and 1861

(Page xlviii) Proportions at the earlier censuses

(Page xlviii) Occupation tables of previous censuses not comparable

(Page xlix) Table showing the number of persons attached to each class of occupations in the county of Linlithgow, according to the classification adopted, and according to the classification proposed for adoption at future censuses

(Page l) Number of the sexes in each of the classes and orders of occupations in 1861

(Page li) Advantage of a set of comparative tables

(Page li) Proportion of agricultural class in the different counties

(Page li) Proportion of industrial Glass in the different counties

(Page li) Number of ministers, lawyers, medicals, etc

(Page lii) Number of teachers in counties and towns

(Page lii) Number of scholars, and table showing the per centage of scholars to the population in every county

(Page liii) Number of domestic servants, and proportion of these in every county in Scotland

(Page liv) Table showing the proportion of domestic servants in the principal towns in Scotland

(Page liv) Workers and dealers in flax and in cotton, and table showing the numbers of the workers and dealers in flax and the workers and dealers in cotton in each of the counties of Scotland

(Page lv) Occupation tables give information as to change of habits in the people

(Page lv) Increase of bakers in 20 years

(Pages lv-lvi)

The blind

(Page lv) Number and proportion of the blind

(Page lv) Blindness increases with age

(Page lvi) Table showing the proportion of the blind in the several divisions and counties of Scotland

(Page lvi) Proportion much higher in the insular and Highland counties than in others

(Pages lvi-lvii)

The deaf and dumb

(Page lvi) Number and proportion of the deaf-dumb

(Page lvi) Table showing the proportion of the deaf-dumb in the several divisions and counties of Scotland

(Page lvi) Period of life at which deaf-dumbness is most frequent

(Page lvii) Majority of cases not congenital

(Page lvii) Deaf-dumbness and blindness coexist in the same divisions

(Pages lvii-lviii)

The insane

(Page lvii) Census returns of lunatics worthless

(Page lvii) True numbers

(Page lviii) Males more liable to insanity than females

(Page lviii) Insanity more common in town populations

(Page lviii) Statistics of other countries as to numbers of insane imperfect

(Pages lviii-lix)

Paupers

(Page lix) Census returns of paupers worthless

(Page lix) True returns

(Page lix)

Prisoners in jails

(Page lix) Number and proportion of prisoners in Scotland

(Pages lix-lx)

Birth-places of the people

(Page lix) Birth-places of the people in Scotland

(Page lix) Proportion of different nationalities in the population

(Page lx) Irish, their number and proportion, and how distributed

(Page lx) English, their number and proportion, and how distributed

(Page lx) Foreigners

(Page lx) Intermigration of the population of Scotland

(Page lx) Table showing the birth-places of the inhabitants of the four principal towns in Scotland

(Pages lxi-lxii) Conclusion

(12 pages)

Tables appended to the report

(Page lxiv) Table I. Population of Scotland in its registration counties, with the number of families, houses, and rooms with windows

(Page lxv) Table II. Constitution of the groups of registration districts

(Page lxvi) Table III. Ages of the males in Scotland, and in its several counties, and six principal towns at five periods of life, and their proportion to the total males in each county and town

(Page lxvii) Table IV. Ages of the females in Scotland, and in its several counties, and six principal towns at five periods of life, and their proportion to total females in each county and town

(Pages lxviii-lxix) Table V. Occupations of the people in Scotland; the proportion per cent, in which the males, females, and both sexes engage in the different classes, orders, and sub-orders of occupations

(Page lxx) Table VI. Occupations; proportion per cent, of males and of females, following each class of occupations in the several groups of districts, registration counties, and towns, as compared with the totals following that class of occupations in all Scotland

(Page lxxi) Table VII. Occupations; proportion per cent, of males and of females following each class of occupations in the several groups of districts, registration counties, and towns, as compared with the total males and females in each county or town

(Page lxxii) Table VIII. Age, with the condition of persons in Scotland whose ages were 100 years and upwards

(Page lxxiii) Table IX. Birth-places of the people; proportion per cent, of persons in each of the divisions and counties of Scotland born in Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Channel Islands, and British colonies; also of British subjects born abroad or at sea; and of the natives of foreign countries

(338 pages)

Abstracts: Ages of the people

(Page 1, Pages 1-58)

Ages of the males and females in

(Page 1) Scotland

(Page 1) The eight divisions

(Page 2) The registration counties arranged geographically

(Page 3) The mainland rural. Districts

(Page 3) The town districts

(Page 3) The insular districts

(Pages 4-57)

Every registration district in each county the counties being arranged geographically

(Pages 4-5) Shetland

(Pages 5-6) Orkney

(Page 6) Caithness

(Page 7) Sutherland

(Pages 7-9) Ross and Cromarty

(Pages 9-11) Inverness

(Page 12) Nairn

(Pages 12-13) Elgin

(Pages 13-14) Banff

(Pages 14-19) Aberdeen

(Pages 19-20) Kincardine

(Pages 20-23) Forfar

(Pages 23-27) Perth

(Pages 27-30) Fife

(Pages 30-31) Kinross

(Page 31) Clackmannan

(Pages 31-32) Stirling

(Pages 32-33) Dumbarton

(Pages 33-36) Argyll

(Pages 36-37) Bute

(Pages 37-38) Renfrew

(Pages 38-40) Ayr

(Pages 40-43) Lanark

(Pages 43-44) Linlithgow

(Pages 44-46) Edinburgh

(Pages 46-47) Haddington

(Pages 47-49) Berwick

(Pages 49-50) Peebles

(Page 50) Selkirk

(Pages 50-52) Roxburgh

(Pages 52-54) Dumfries

(Pages 54-56) Kirkcudbright

(Pages 56-57) Wigtown

(Page 57) Blind, deaf-dumb, lunatics, military, foreigners, inmates of hospitals, prisons, etc

(Page 58) The towns of Scotland

(Pages 59-75)

Conjugal condition of the people

(Pages 60-66)

Number of unmarried, married, and widowed persons of each sex at different ages in

(Page 60) Scotland

(Page 60) The eight divisions

(Pages 61-64) The registration counties arranged geographically

(Page 65) The insular districts

(Page 65) The mainland-rural districts

(Page 65) The town districts

(Page 66) The eight principal towns in Scotland

(Pages 67-75)

The ages of husbands and wives in combination, for

(Page 67) Scotland

(Pages 67-71) The eight divisions

(Page 71) The insular districts

(Page 72) The mainland rural districts

(Page 72) The town districts

(Page 73) Glasgow

(Page 73) Edinburgh

(Page 74) Dundee

(Pages 74-75) Aberdeen

(Pages 76-327)

Occupations of the people

(Pages 76-77) Summary table of the occupations of the people in Scotland

(Pages 78-92) Series of comparative tables of the occupations of the people, showing at one view all belonging to each class, order, or sub-division of occupations in each of the groups of districts, registration counties, and towns of Scotland

(Pages 93-309)

Detailed tables of the occupations combined with age

(Pages 93-113) Scotland males

(Pages 105-113) Scotland females

(Pages 114-120) Insular districts males, females

(Pages 121-130) Mainland rural districts males, females

(Pages 131-140) Town districts males, females

(Pages 141-309)

Counties arranged in geographical order

(Pages 141-143) Shetland

(Pages 144-146) Orkney

(Pages 147-150) Caithness