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Ninth detailed annual report of registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages, Scotland

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(Page i) Title page
(Pages iii-iv) Report of the registrar-general to the secretary of state
(Pages v-viii) Table of contents
(44 pages)Contract subtree Report to the registrar-general
(Page ix) Table of estimated population, with the number of births, deaths, and marriages registered in Scotland during each of the nine years 1855 to 1863 inclusive, and their proportions to the population; showing also the excess of births over deaths
(Page x) Table showing the proportion of births, deaths, and marriages in the insular, mainland-rural, and town districts of Scotland, during each of the nine years 1855 to 1863
(Page xi) Table of the population of Scotland and its three great groups of districts in 1851 and 1861, also the population estimated to the middle of the year 1863, distinguishing the sexes
(Page xii) Table showing the estimated population, with the number and proportion of births, deaths, and marriages in every division and county of Scotland during the year 1863
(Page xiii) Table of the births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland and, in its three great groups of districts in 1863, and their proportions to the estimated population; also the number of illegitimate births, and their proportion to the total births
(Pages xi-xvi)Contract subtree Births in 1863
(Pages xi-xii) Births in 1863, and their proportion to the population
(Page xiii) Birth-rates in the counties and groups of districts
(Pages xiii-xvi) Number and proportion of legitimate and illegitimate births, with relative tables
(Page xvi) Proportion of sexes at birth
(Pages xvii-xxiv)Contract subtree Marriages in 1863
(Page xvii) Number of marriages, and their proportion to the population
(Pages xvii-xviii) Number and proportion of marriages celebrated according to the rites of the several religious denominations
(Page xviii) Ages of the men and women who contracted marriage in 1863
(Pages xviii-xix) Persons in Scotland marry slightly later in life than in England
(Pages xix-xx) Marrying a little later in life does not diminish the fertility
(Pages xx-xxi) Sweden an instance of cold retarding but not diminishing the fertility of the female
(Pages xxi-xxiii) Number and proportion of marriages between persons in different conjugal conditions, with relative tables
(Pages xxiii-xxiv) Number and proportion of men and women in Scotland, its divisions and counties, also in Edinburgh and Glasgow, who signed the marriage schedules by mark
(Pages xxv-xxxv)Contract subtree Deaths in 1863
(Page xxv) Number of deaths, and their proportion to the population
(Page xxv) Different death-rates in the rural and town districts
(Pages xxv-xxvi) Death-rates in the eight principal towns of Scotland
(Pages xxvi-xxvii) Male death-rate exceeds that of female at nearly all ages
(Pages xxvii-xxix) Influence of marriage on the male death-rate
(Pages xxix-xxxi) Mean age at death of married men and bachelors
(Pages xxxi-xxxiv) Striking anomaly caused by summarizing the proportion of deaths at all ages of the married and unmarried males
(Pages xxviii-xxxv) Tables of deaths at different ages in Scotland, its three great groups of districts, and in its eight principal towns
(Pages xxxv-xlv)Contract subtree Causes of death
(Page xxxvi) Table showing the percentage of deaths from different diseases in the eight principal towns of Scotland
(Page xxxviii) Table showing the deaths from different diseases in every 100, 000 persons of the estimated population and in each sex in Scotland, and in its insular, mainland-rural, and town districts
(Page xxxix) Table showing in Scotland, and in the insular, mainland-rural, and town districts, the proportion of deaths from different diseases in every 10, 000 specified causes of death
(Pages xxxvi-xli) Deaths from the zymotic class of diseases, and from the individual diseases under that class: Typhus, small-pox, scarlatina, measles, etc
(Page xli) Deaths from diseases of uncertain seat: Dropsy, cancer, etc
(Pages xli-xlii) Deaths from the tubercular class of diseases: Scrofula, consumption, etc
(Page xlii) Deaths from diseases of the brain and nervous system: Apoplexy, paralysis, convulsions, etc
(Pages xlii-xliii) Deaths from diseases of the heart and organs of circulation
(Page xliii) Deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs: Bronchitis, pneumonia, etc
(Page xliii) Deaths from diseases of the organs of digestion
(Pages xliii-xliv) Deaths from kidney and urinary diseases
(Page xliv) Deaths from childbirth, and diseases of the organs of generation
(Page xliv) Deaths from other classes of disease: Infantile debility, old age, etc
(Page xliv) Deaths from violent causes, and suicides
(Pages xliv-xlv) The eighteen most fatal diseases in England and Scotland
(Pages xlv-li)Contract subtree Influence of external agencies
(Page xlv) Influence of season on births
(Page xlvi) Favourite days for marriage in England and Scotland
(Pages xlvi-xlvii) Extraordinary number of marriages on the last day of the year
(Page xlvii) Influence of weather on the death-rate
(Pages xlvii-xlix) Variation of temperature necessary for health
(Pages xlix-li) Deaths from nearly all diseases in Scotland increase with fall of temperature
(Page xlviii) Table showing the meteorology of Scotland during each month of the year 1863, with the number of the monthly and daily births, deaths, and marriages
(Page xlix) Table showing the connection between certain atmospheric phenomena, especially mean temperature, and the monthly deaths from certain diseases in the eight principal towns of Scotland
(Page l) Table showing the value of the imports, exports, quantity of grains, and other leading articles of food or commerce imported into Great Britain in 1861, 1862, and 1863; the average price of grain and of the 41b. loaf; the amount of deposits in savings banks; the number of paupers, emigrants, etc
(Page lii)Contract subtree Appendix to report
(Page lii) Reference table of population of Scotland, 1801 to 1861, estimated to the middle of each year, and including the army, navy, and merchant seamen in Scotland, or in Scottish waters
(216 pages)Contract subtree Abstracts
(Page 1) Summary table of the births, deaths, and marriages in the divisions and counties of Scotland in 1863, distinguishing the sexes, the number of illegitimate births, the population in 1851 and 1861, the excess of births over deaths, and the number of statute acres in each county
(Pages 2-23)Contract subtree Tables of the population in 1851 and 1861, and of the births, deaths, and marriages during the year 1863, also of the illegitimate births, in every registration district
(Pages 2-3)Contract subtree I. Northern
(Page 2) 1. Shetland
(Page 2) 2. Orkney
(Page 3) 3. Caithness
(Page 3) 4. Sutherland
(Pages 3-5)Contract subtree II. North Western
(Pages 3-4) 5. Ross and Cromarty
(Pages 4-5) 6. Inverness
(Pages 5-8)Contract subtree III. North Eastern
(Page 5) 7. Nairn
(Page 5) 8. Elgin
(Pages 5-6) 9. Banff
(Pages 6-7) 10. Aberdeen
(Page 8) 11. Kincardine
(Pages 8-12)Contract subtree IV. East Midlands
(Pages 8-9) 12. Forfar
(Pages 9-11) 13. Perth
(Pages 11-12) 14. Fife
(Page 12) 15. Kincross
(Page 12) 16. Clackmannan
(Pages 12-15)Contract subtree V. West Midland
(Pages 12-13) 17. Stirling
(Page 13) 18. Dumbarton
(Pages 13-14) 19. Argyll
(Pages 14-15) 20. Bute
(Pages 15-18)Contract subtree VI. South Western
(Page 15) 21. Renfrew
(Pages 15-16) 22. Ayr
(Pages 16-18) 23. Lanark
(Pages 18-20)Contract subtree VII. South Eastern
(Page 18) 24. Linlithgow
(Pages 18-19) 25. Edinburgh
(Page 19) 26. Haddington
(Pages 19-20) 27. Berwick
(Page 20) 28. Peebles
(Page 20) 29. Selkirk
(Pages 20-23)Contract subtree VIII. Southern
(Pages 20-21) 30. Roxburgh
(Pages 21-22) 31. Dumfries
(Pages 22-23) 32. Kirkcudbright
(Page 23) 33. Wigtown
(Page 23) Summary table of population in 1851 and 1861; and of the births, deaths, and marriages in 1863, in the insular, the mainland-rural, and town districts of Scotland
(Pages 24-29)Contract subtree Marriages
(Page 24) Table of the marriages in Scotland and its counties in 1863; distinguishing the number of marriages solemnized according to the rites of the several religious denominations, the number of irregular marriages, and the number of the respective sexes who signed the register by marks
(Page 25) Table of the civil condition of the parties who married in 1863; distinguishing the marriages of bachelors with spinsters; bachelors with widows; widowers with spinsters; and widowers with widows; giving the particulars as to the age of each sex
(Pages 26-27) Table of the ages of all males who married in Scotland and its counties in 1863
(Pages 28-29) Table of the ages of all females who married in Scotland and its counties in 1863
(Pages 30-216)Contract subtree Deaths
(Pages 30-31) Table of the ages of all persons of both sexes who died in each of the counties and larger towns of Scotland in 1863, together with the population of these counties and towns in 1851 and 1861
(Pages 32-33) Table of the ages of all males who died in each of the counties and larger towns of Scotland in 1863, together with the male population of these counties and towns in 1851 and 1861
(Pages 34-35) Table of the ages of all females who died in each of the counties and larger towns of Scotland in 1863, together with the female population of these counties and towns in 1851 and 1861
(Pages 36-39) Summary table of the causes of death in both sexes in each of the counties of Scotland in 1863
(Pages 40-43) Summary table of the causes of death in each of the counties of Scotland in 1863. Males
(Pages 44-47) Summary table of the causes of death in each of the counties of Scotland in 1863. Females
(Pages 48-51) Summary table of the causes of death in both sexes in each of the larger towns of Scotland in 1863, whose respective populations amounted to 10, 000 or upwards in 1861, including important suburban districts
(Pages 52-55) Summary table of the causes of death in each of the larger towns of Scotland in 1863, whose respective populations amounted to 10, 000 or upwards in 1861, including important suburban districts. Males
(Pages 56-59) Summary table of the causes of death in each of the larger towns of Scotland in 1863, whose respective populations amounted to 10, 000 or upwards in 1861, including important suburban districts. Females
(Pages 60-63) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in all Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 64-67) Table of the causes of death in all Scotland at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 68-71) Table of the causes of death in all Scotland at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 72-75) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in the insular districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 76-79) Table of the causes of death in the insular districts of Scotland at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 80-83) Table of the causes of death in the insular districts of Scotland at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 84-87) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in the mainland-rural districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 88-91) Table of the causes of death in the mainland-rural districts of Scotland at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 92-95) Table of the causes of death in the mainland-rural districts of Scotland at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 96-99) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in the town districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 100-103) Table of the causes of death in the town districts of Scotland at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 104-107) Table of the causes of death in the town districts of Scotland at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 108-111) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Glasgow at different periods of life
(Pages 112-115) Table of the causes of death in Glasgow at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 116-119) Table of the causes of death in Glasgow at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 120-123) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in the suburban districts of Barony and Govan at different periods of life
(Pages 124-127) Table of the causes of death in the suburban districts of Barony and Govan at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 128-131) Table of the causes of death in the suburban districts of Barony and Govan at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 132-135) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Edinburgh at different periods of life
(Pages 136-139) Table of the causes of death in Edinburgh at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 140-143) Table of the causes of death in Edinburgh at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 144-147) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Dundee at different periods of life
(Pages 148-151) Table of the causes of death in Dundee at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 152-155) Table of the causes of death in Dundee at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 156-159) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Aberdeen at different periods of life
(Pages 160-163) Table of the causes of death in Aberdeen at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 164-167) Table of the causes of death in Aberdeen at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 168-171) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Paisley at different periods of life
(Pages 172-175) Table of the causes of death in Paisley at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 176-179) Table of the causes of death in Paisley at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 180-183) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Greenock at different periods of life
(Pages 184-187) Table of the causes of death in Greenock at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 188-191) Table of the causes of death in Greenock at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 192-195) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Leith at different periods of life
(Pages 196-199) Table of the causes of death in Leith at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 200-203) Table of the causes of death in Leith at different periods of life. Females
(Pages 204-207) Table of the causes of death in both sexes in Perth at different periods of life
(Pages 208-211) Table of the causes of death in Perth at different periods of life. Males
(Pages 212-215) Table of the causes of death in Perth at different periods of life. Females
(Page 216) Table showing the influence of season on the mortality, of the number of deaths during the several months of the year 1863, in each of the divisions and counties of Scotland, together with the estimated population of each division and county to the middle of 1863
(4 pages)Contract subtree Appendix
(Page 217) Constitution of the compound districts
(Pages 218-220) Index to districts