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Population tables, Scotland, Vol. I, 1871

Table of Contents

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(Pages i-vi) Title page and contents
(40 pages)Contract subtree I. Report
(Page ix) Authority for taking census of 1871
(Page ix) Local machinery for taking census
(Page ix) Principles on which registration districts were divided into enumeration districts
(Page ix) How returns were procured from public institutions, vessels of royal navy, merchant shipping, vagrants, etc
(Page x) Different kinds of householders' schedules and enumeration books
(Page x) Collection of schedules on monday, 3rd April
(Page xi) Persons temporarily absent or present
(Page xi) Transcription of schedules into enumeration books
(Page xii) Revision of enumeration books by registrars
(Page xiii) Registrar's summary
(Page xiii) Revision of enumeration books by sheriff or town-clerks
(Page xiii) When documents were received in census office, Edinburgh
(Pages xiii-xiv)Expand subtree Plan of publication of the tables
(Pages xv-xvi) New features in the census abstracts of 1871
(Page xvii) General character of surface of Scotland
(Page xviii) Acreage of Scotland, and extent under cultivation
(Page xviii) Races of Scotland
(Page xix) Proportion of persons to a Square mile in Scotland, and its several divisions and counties
(Page xx) Number of the population of Scotland, and increase in decennial periods from 1801 to 1871
(Page xx) Estimation by increase of births over deaths, deducting emigrants, between 1861 and 1871
(Page xxi) Distribution of the population on mainland and Islands
(Pages xxii-xxiii) Distribution of population in counties, and respective increase or decrease in these
(Page xxiv) Distribution of population in the four registration divisions principal towns, large towns, small towns, and rural districts, and respective increase in each
(Page xxiv) Distribution of population in towns, villages, and purely rural groups, showing the great decrease in the latter
(Page xxv) Sexes of the population and their relative proportions, from 1801 to 1871
(Page xxvi) Effect of war and emigration on the relative proportions of the sexes
(Page xxvii) Proportions of the sexes in the several counties of Scotland
(Page xxvii) Proportion of sexes in the mainland and insular districts
(Page xxviii) Proportion of sexes in the four registration groups of districts, principal towns, large towns, small towns, and rural districts
(Page xxix) Proportion of the sexes in the towns, villages, and rural districts of Scotland
(Page xxix) Number of families and proportion of persons in each family
(Page xxix) Number of persons in each family in the town, village, and rural groups of Scotland
(Page xxx) Different sizes of families in Scotland
(Page xxx) Distinction between tenements and houses
(Page xxxi) English and Scottish definitions of a house
(Page xxxi) Proportion of families and persons to each house
(Page xxxii) Room accommodation in towns, villages, and rural districts
(Page xxxii) Rooms without windows, and proportion of families living therein
(Page xxxiii) Proportion of families living in houses of different sizes
(Page xxxiii) Proportion of the population living in houses of four rooms and under, and proportion living in larger houses, and the political bearings of the facts
(Page xxxiii) House accommodation in the several counties of Scotland
(Page xxxiii) Shetland the worst housed, but her population the healthiest and most moral of the counties
(Page xxxiv) How populations are housed in Edinburgh and Glasgow
(Page xxxv) Proportions of populations of other six principal towns who live in houses of four rooms and under
(Page xxxv) Change in habits of people as to house accommodation
(Page xxxv) Lodgers and boarders, and numerous facts regarding such in Glasgow and Edinburgh
(Pages xxxvi-xxxix) Whether the increased mortality during the last ten years, and the increasing number of illegitimate births, be not to a considerable extent owing to the houses lately built for the working classes not being adapted to their requirements, but to the fancies of speculative philanthropists
(Page xl) Population in the several public institutions in Scotland
(Page xl) Army, royal navy, and merchant shipping in Scotland and Scottish waters
(Page xl) Vagrants
(Page xli) Children 5 to 13 years of age in receipt of education
(Page xli) Recommendations of Scottish education commissioners regarding age of children attending school
(Page xli) Proportion of children from 5 to 13 years of age receiving education to the total population in Scotland and its several counties
(Page xlii) Proportion very low where the proportion of Roman Catholics in the population is high
(Pages xlii-xliv) Proportion of different religious denominations able to sign the marriage registers
(Page xliv) Proportion of children from 5 to 13 years of age receiving education in every 100 at the same ages in Scotland and its several counties
(Page xlv) Work still in progress
(18 pages)Contract subtree II. Tables appended to the report
(Pages xlviii-xlix) Table no. 1. Population of Scotland in its civil counties from 1801-1871, distinguishing the sexes
(Pages l-li) Table no. 2. Increase or decrease of the population in each of the civil counties from 1801-1871, distinguishing the sexes
(Page lii) Table no. 3. Rates per cent, of increase or decrease in each of the civil counties during each of the decennial periods from 1801-1871
(Page liii) Table no. 4. Area of Scotland and its civil counties in square miles and statute acres, and proportional number of persons to a square mile, and the number of acres and square yards to each person in each of its civil counties
(Page liv) Table no. 5. Number of persons, families, inhabited houses, and number of rooms in Scdotland its divisions and civil counties; also the proportional number of persons to each family, to each house, and to each room, the proportional number of families and of rooms to each house, and the number of rooms to each family
(Page lv) Table no. 6. Number of children of 5 to 13 years of age receiving education in the several registration divisions and counties of Scotland, giving also the total number of children living at those ages, the proportion of children at these ages in the receipt of education in the total population, and their proportion to the children living at the same age
(Page lvi) Table no. 7. Number of families of different sizes in Scotland and its registration divisions and counties, showing the number of persons in each sized family
(Page lvii) Table no. 8. Percentage of families of different sizes in Scotland and its registration divisions and counties, distinguishing the number of persons in each sized family
(Page lviii) Table no. 9. Number of families occupying houses of different sizes in Scotland, its registration divisions and counties, excluding navy, merchant shipping, and vagrants
(Page lix) Table no. 10. Percentage of families occupying houses of different sizes in Scotland, its registration divisions and counties, being the counterpart of table ix
(Page lx) Table no. 11. Proportion per cent, in which families of different sizes occupied houses of the same size in all Scotland in 1871
(Page lxi) Table no. 12. Proportion per cent, in which families of the same size occupied houses of different sizes in Scotland in 1871. This is the converse of the previous table
(Page lxii) Table no. 13. Population of Scotland and its civil divisions and comities in 1871, ex-cluding the army, navy, and merchant shipping
(Pages lxiii-lxiv) Table no. 14. Householder's schedule, as used at the taking of the census in April 1871
(284 pages)Contract subtree Population tables
(Pages 1-97)Expand subtree I. Scotland in civil counties and parishes, showing the acreage, the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of persons of each sex; the number of children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of education; the number of rooms with windows; the number of persons temporarily absent or present in each parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of families, persons of each sex, houses, and rooms with windows in 1861
(Pages 99-121)Expand subtree II. The civil counties of Scotland in their ecclesiastical sub-divisions, or parishes Quoad Sacra, particularizing in each the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of children 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of education; and the number of rooms with windows
(Pages 123-149)Expand subtree III. The civil counties of Scotland grouped in town, village, and rural districts, showing the number of families, of males, females, and both sexes; of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; of children 5 to 13 years of age in receipt of education; and number of rooms with windows in 1871. Also, for comparison's sake, the corresponding number of males, females, and both sexes in 1861
(Pages 151-157) IV. The inhabited Islands of. Scotland, arranged according to counties, giving the number of families, of males, females, and both sexes; of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; and the number of rooms with windows for 1871. And, for comparison's sake, the number of males, females, and both sexes for 1861
(Pages 159-170) V. Parliamentary, royal, and police burghs, also the parliamentary districts of burghs and of counties, showing the number of families, of males, females, and both sexes; of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; of children 5 to 13 years of age in receipt of education; and number of rooms with windows in each. Also, in addition, for the parliamentary districts of burghs and districts of counties, the number of electors on the roll, and the number of members returned to parliament
(Pages 171-180)Expand subtree VI. Public institutions, etc., Arranged according to counties, giving the males, females, and both sexes in each; and also showing the number of male, female, and total benefited inmates, the male, female, and total officials, and the male, female, and total members of the officials' families, the whole being subdivided into nine series of tables, viz:-
(Pages 181-191) VII. Explanation of the difference between the civil and registration counties
(Pages 193-249)Expand subtree VIII. Scotland in registration counties and registration districts, the districts being in alphabetical order under each county, arranged in two subdivisions, viz:-
(Pages 251-270) IX. Number of families of different sizes, and number of families in houses of different sizes, in every registration county and district of Scotland
(Pages 271-276)Expand subtree To these are appended the following tables
(Pages 277-283)Expand subtree The following tables have reference to lodgers
(Pages 285-302) Index to first volume