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Population report, Scotland. Vol. I, 1891

Table of Contents

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(Pages i-vi) Title and contents
(Pages vii-xvii) I. Report
(15 pages)Contract subtree II. Tables appended to the report
(Page xviii) Table 1. Population of Scotland at decimal periods since 1801
(Page xviii) Table 2. Population in mainland and Islands of Scotland, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891
(Page xviii) Table 3. Grouping of population in towns, villages, and rural districts
(Page xix) Table 4. Sexes and their proportions in Scotland, 1801-1891
(Page xix) Table 5. Increase of males and females in decennial periods, 1801-1891, with percentage of increase
(Page xix) Table 6. Males and females in Scotland and the proportion of females to every hundred males in 1891
(Page xix) Table 7. Sexes in the mainland and insular districts of Scotland in 1881, and 1891, their increase or decrease and proportions
(Page xx) Table 8. Number and proportion of the sexes in the towns, villages, and rural districts of Scotland in 1891
(Page xx) Table 9. Families, houses, rooms, and proportion of persons to each in 1881, and 1891
(Page xx) Table 10. Number of families of different sizes, number of persons in each family, and percentage of families of different sizes to the total families in Scotland in 1881 and 1891
(Page xxi) Table 11. Number and proportion of families in houses of different sizes in Scotland in 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891
(Page xxi) Table 12. Number of persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English in Scotland, with their respective percentages to the total population of Scotland in 1891
(Page xxi) Table 13. Public institutions for the healthy, the sick, lunatics, deaf and dumb, and blind, also conventual institutions, military and militia barracks and forts, prisons, reformatories, royal navy, merchant shipping, and vagrants
(Pages xxii-xxiii) Table 14. Population of Scotland enumerated in civil counties in 1831, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891
(Pages xxiv-xxv) Table 15. Increase of population in the civil divisions and counties of Scotland in decennial periods from 1831 to 1891
(Page xxvi) Table 16. Rates of increase of the population of Scotland in decennial periods from 1831 to 1891
(Page xxvii) Table 17. Area of Scotland in statute acres, and in square miles; with the number of persons to each square mile, the number of acres to each person, and the proximity or calculated average distance in yards between each two persons
(Page xxviii) Table 18. Population, families, houses, and rooms in the civil counties of Scotland in 1891, with their several proportions to each other
(Page xxix) Table 19. Population of Scotland, 1891, in civil divisions and counties, excluding the army, navy, and merchant shipping
(Pages xxx-xxxi) Table 20. Householder's schedule
(342 pages)Contract subtree Population tables
(Pages 1-99)Contract 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 persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of rooms with windows; and the number of persons temporarily absent or present in each parish or sub-division thereof on the 5th April 1891. For comparison there is added the number of families, persons of each sex, houses, and rooms with windows in 1881
(Pages 2-3) Scotland
(Pages 4-5) Shetland
(Pages 6-7) Orkney
(Pages 8-9) Caithness
(Pages 10-11) Sutherland
(Pages 12-15) Ross and Cromarty
(Pages 16-19) Inverness
(Pages 20-21) Nairn
(Pages 22-23) Elgin
(Pages 24-25) Banff
(Pages 26-31) Aberdeen
(Pages 32-33) Kincardine
(Pages 34-37) Forfar
(Pages 38-43) Perth
(Page 50) Kinross
(Page 51) Clackmannan
(Pages 52-55) Stirling
(Pages 56-57) Dumbarton
(Pages 58-62) Argyll
(Page 63) Bute
(Pages 64-67) Renfrew
(Pages 72-77) Lanark
(Pages 78-79) Linlithgow
(Pages 80-83) Edinburgh
(Pages 84-85) Haddington
(Pages 86-87) Berwick
(Page 88) Peebles
(Page 89) Selkirk
(Pages 90-91) Roxburgh
(Pages 92-95) Dumfries
(Pages 96-97) Kirkcudbright
(Pages 98-99) Wigtown
(Pages 101-131)Contract subtree II. The civil counties of Scotland in their ecclesiastical sub-divisions, showing 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 persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; and the number of rooms with windows
(Page 102) Shetland
(Page 102) Orkney
(Page 102) Caithness
(Page 103) Sutherland
(Page 103) Ross and Cromarty
(Page 104) Inverness
(Page 105) Nairn
(Page 105) Elgin
(Pages 106-109) Aberdeen
(Page 109) Kincardine
(Pages 109-111) Forfar
(Page 115) Kinross
(Page 116) Clackmannan
(Pages 116-117) Stirling
(Page 117) Dumbarton
(Pages 117-119) Argyll
(Page 119) Bute
(Pages 119-120) Renfrew
(Pages 122-124) Lanark
(Page 125) Linlithgow
(Pages 125-126) Edinburgh
(Pages 126-127) Haddington
(Page 127) Berwick
(Pages 127-128) Peebles
(Page 128) Selkirk
(Pages 128-129) Roxburgh
(Pages 129-130) Dumfries
(Page 130) Kirkcudbright
(Page 131) Wigtown
(Pages 133-161)Contract subtree III. The civil counties of Scotland grouped in town, village, and rural districts, showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of rooms with windows in 1891. For comparison, there is added the corresponding number of males, females, and both sexes in 1881
(Pages 134-135) Scotland
(Page 136) Shetland
(Page 136) Orkney
(Page 136) Caithness
(Pages 136-137) Sutherland
(Pages 137-138) Ross and Cromarty
(Page 138) Inverness
(Page 138) Nairn
(Page 139) Banff
(Pages 139-140) Aberdeen
(Page 141) Kincardine
(Pages 141-142) Forfar
(Page 145) Kinross
(Page 145) Clackmannan
(Pages 146-147) Stirling
(Pages 147-148) Dumbarton
(Page 148) Argyll
(Page 148) Bute
(Pages 149-150) Renfrew
(Pages 152-155) Lanark
(Pages 155-156) Linlithgow
(Pages 156-157) Edinburgh
(Pages 157-158) Haddington
(Page 158) Berwick
(Page 158) Peebles
(Page 159) Selkirk
(Page 159) Roxburgh
(Pages 159-160) Dumfries
(Page 160) Kirkcudbright
(Pages 160-161) Wigtown
(Pages 163-169) IV. The inhabited Islands of Scotland, arranged according to counties, showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population, and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of rooms with windows in 1891. For comparison, there is added the corresponding number of males, females, and both sexes in 1881
(Pages 171-189) V. The parliamentary, royal, and police burghs, also the parliamentary districts of burghs and of counties, and wards of burghs showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of rooms with windows
(Pages 191-205)Contract subtree VI. Public institutions, etc., arranged according to counties, showing the number of males, females, and both sexes in each; also 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 192-193) 1. Infirmaries for the sick
(Page 194) 2. Lunatic asylums and poorhouse lunatic wards
(Pages 195-196) 3. Prisons and police cells
(Page 197) 4. Barracks, castles, forts, etc
(Pages 198-199) 5. Poorhouses
(Pages 200-203) 6. Institutions for the healthy, including hospitals for the education of the young, for orphans, for the blind, for the deaf and dumb, for the aged, monasteries, convents, reformatories, etc
(Page 204) 7. Military, militia, royal navy, merchant shipping, and vagrants
(Page 205) 8. Nationalities of ships in Scottish ports and waters on 5th April 1891
(Pages 207-217) VII. Explanation of the difference between the civil and registration counties
(Pages 219-278)Contract subtree VIII. Scotland in registration counties and registration districts, the districts being in alphabetical order under each county, arranged in two sub-divisions. Viz.:-
(Pages 220-238) 1. 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 persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of rooms with windows, in 1891; and for comparison, the number of families, males, females, and both sexes, houses and rooms with windows, in 1881, for each registration district
(Pages 239-278)Contract subtree 2. The particulars of the registration districts, showing their component parts, and giving for each the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of rooms with windows
(Page 239) Shetland
(Pages 240-241) Orkney
(Page 241) Caithness
(Page 241) Sutherland
(Pages 242-243) Ross and Cromarty
(Pages 243-245) Inverness
(Page 245) Nairn
(Pages 247-249) Aberdeen
(Pages 249-250) Kincardine
(Pages 250-252) Forfar
(Page 257) Kinross
(Page 257) Clackmannan
(Pages 257-258) Stirling
(Page 259) Dumbarton
(Pages 259-262) Argyll
(Page 262) Bute
(Pages 262-263) Renfrew
(Pages 266-269) Lanark
(Page 269) Linlithgow
(Pages 270-271) Edinburgh
(Pages 271-272) Haddington
(Pages 272-273) Berwick
(Page 273) Peebles
(Pages 273-274) Selkirk
(Pages 274-275) Roxburgh
(Pages 275-276) Dumfries
(Pages 276-277) Kirkcudbright
(Pages 277-278) Wigtown
(Pages 279-302)Contract subtree IX. Scotland in school board counties and districts, showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English, and the number of rooms with windows
(Page 280) Scotland
(Page 281) Shetland
(Page 281) Orkney
(Page 281) Caithness
(Pages 281-282) Sutherland
(Page 282) Ross and Cromarty
(Pages 282-283) Inverness
(Page 283) Nairn
(Page 284) Elgin
(Page 284) Banff
(Pages 285-286) Aberdeen
(Pages 286-287) Kincardine
(Pages 287-288) Forfar
(Page 292) Kinross
(Page 292) Clackmannan
(Page 292) Stirling
(Pages 292-293) Dumbarton
(Pages 293-294) Argyll
(Page 294) Bute
(Pages 294-295) Renfrew
(Pages 296-297) Lanark
(Page 297) Linlithgow
(Pages 297-298) Edinburgh
(Pages 298-299) Haddington
(Page 299) Berwick
(Pages 299-300) Peebles
(Page 300) Selkirk
(Pages 300-301) Roxburgh
(Pages 301-302) Dumfries
(Page 302) Kirkcudbright
(Page 302) Wigtown
(Pages 303-342)Contract subtree X. Number of families of different sizes, occupying houses of different sizes, in the registration counties and districts of Scotland
(Page 304) 1. Number of families of different sizes in Scotland and its registration counties
(Page 305) 2. Number of families of different sizes in the town groups of the registration counties of Scotland
(Page 306) 3. Number of families of different sizes in the rural groups (including villages) of the registration counties of Scotland
(Page 307) 4. Number of families in houses of different sizes in Scotland and its registration counties
(Page 308) 5. Number of families in houses of different sizes in the town groups of the registration counties of Scotland
(Page 309) 6. Number of families in houses of different sizes in the rural groups (including villages) of the registration counties of Scotland
(Pages 310-327) 7. Number of families in houses of different sizes in registration counties and districts of Scotland
(Page 328) 8. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in Scotland
(Page 329) 9. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the town group
(Page 330) 10. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the rural group (including villages)
(Page 331) 11. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Glasgow
(Page 332) 12. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in Glasgow suburban
(Page 333) 13. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the police burgh of Govan
(Page 334) 14. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the police burgh of Partick
(Page 335) 15. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Edinburgh
(Page 336) 16. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Dundee
(Page 337) 17. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Aberdeen
(Page 338) 18. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Greenock
(Page 339) 19. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Paisley
(Page 340) 20. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Leith
(Page 341) 21. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Perth
(Page 342) 22. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Kilmarnock
(Page 343) Constitution of registration districts having different names from the parishes in which they are situated, or composed of more, or parts of more, than one parish
(Pages 345-368) Index to volume I