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Twenty-fourth 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
(37 pages)Contract subtree Report by Dr Robertson 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 years 1855-1878 inclusive, and their proportions to the population; showing also the excess of births over deaths
(Pages ix-xiii)Contract subtree Population
(Page xi) Tables showing the number and proportion of births, deaths, and marriages in the principal town, large town, small town, mainland-rural, and insular-rural districts, during each of the years 1855-1878
(Page xii) Table showing the number and proportion of births, deaths, and marriages in each of the eight principal towns of Scotland during 1878
(Page xii) Occasional table, showing the state of illegitimacy in all Scotland, in the five groups of districts, principal towns, and two counties in 1878
(Page xiii) Table showing the number and proportion of the births, deaths, and marriages registered in the divisions and counties of Scotland during the year 1878
(Pages x-xiv)Contract subtree Births
(Pages x-xii) Births in 1878, and their proportion to the population, with relative tables
(Page xiv) Tables showing particulars relative to the births during each of the years 1855 to 1878 inclusive
(Page xiv) Number and proportion of twins and triplets
(Pages xiii-xxi)Contract subtree Marriages
(Page xv) Proportion of legitimate children to the marriages in Scotland and England
(Pages xv-xvi) Influence of density of population on the marriages
(Page xvi) Number of marriages in 1878, and their proportion to the population
(Pages xvi-xviii) Number and proportion of marriages contracted according to the rites of the several religious denominations in 1878, and 1855-1878, with relative tables
(Pages xviii-xix) Number and proportion of persons marrying at different ages, with relative tables
(Page xix) Number and proportion of marriages between persons in different conjugal conditions, with relative tables
(Pages xix-xxi) 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 xx-xxxix)Contract subtree Deaths
(Pages xx-xxii) Number of deaths in Scotland in 1878, and their proportion to the population
(Pages xxii-xxiii) Death-rates in Scotland, and in its principal town, large town, small town, mainland-rural, and insular-rural districts, during each of the years 1855-1878, with relative tables
(Pages xxiii-xxv) Death-rates in each of the eight principal towns of Scotland during each of the years 1868-1878
(Page xxiv) Series of tables of the deaths at different ages in Scotland, and its five great groups of districts, during the year 1878
(Page xxv) Mortality of female lower than that of the male
(Pages xxv-xxvii) High mortality in towns at every period of life, as compared with mortality of rural districts
(Pages xxvii-xxxiv) Causes of death in 1878, with relative tables
(Pages xxxiv-xxxv) Proportion of deaths from the zymotic diseases at different ages, with relative tables
(Pages xxxv-xxxix) Small-pox deaths in Scotland for twenty-four years
(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii) Vaccinations in Scotland, 1868-1878
(Pages xxxiii-xxxviii) Different forms of fever prevalent in Scotland, and monthly fever deaths
(Page xxxix) The twenty most fatal diseases in England and Scotland in 1878
(Pages xxxviii-xlv)Contract subtree Influence of external agencies on the mortality in 1878
(Pages xxxviii-xliii) Weather, weekly and monthly, and its influence on the mortality
(Page xli) Table showing the meteorology of Scotland during each month of the year 1878, together with the monthly and daily number of births, deaths, and marriages
(Page xlii) Table showing the connection between certain atmospheric phenomena, especially mean temperature, and the deaths from certain diseases and classes of disease, in the eight principal towns of Scotland during each month of the year 1878
(Page xliii) Deaths, temperatures, and fall of rain in the eight principal towns of Scotland, during each week of the year 1878
(Pages xliii-xlv) Influence of season, etc., on the mortality at different ages
(1 page)Contract subtree Appendix
(Page xlvi) Vaccinations in the several counties of Scotland during the year 1878
(340 pages)Contract subtree Abstracts
(Page 1) Summary table of the births, deaths, and marriages in the groups of districts, divisions, and counties of Scotland in 1878, distinguishing the sexes, the number of illegitimate births, the population in 1861 and 1871, the excess of births over deaths, and the area in square miles of each county
(Pages 2-23)Contract subtree Tables of the population in 1861 and 1871, and of the births, deaths, and marriages during the year 1878, 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
(Page 6) 9. Banff
(Pages 6-8) 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 13-15) 19. Argyll
(Pages 14-15) 20. Bute
(Pages 15-17)Contract subtree VI. South Western
(Page 15) 21. Renfrew
(Pages 15-16) 22. Ayr
(Pages 16-17) 23. Lanark
(Pages 18-20)Contract subtree VII. South Eastern
(Page 18) 24. Linlithgow
(Pages 18-19) 25. Edinburgh
(Pages 19-20) 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
(Page 22) 32. Kirkcudbright
(Pages 22-23) 33. Wigtown
(Pages 24-29)Contract subtree Marriages
(Page 24) Table of the marriages in Scotland and its counties in 1878; 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 1878; 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 1878
(Pages 28-29) Table of the ages of all females who married in Scotland and its counties in 1878
(Pages 30-340)Contract subtree Deaths
(Pages 30-31) Table of the ages of all persons of both sexes who died in each of the groups of districts, counties, and principal towns of Scotland in 1878, together with the populations in 1861 and 1871
(Pages 32-33) Table of the ages of all males who died in each of the groups of districts, counties, and principal towns of Scotland in 1878, together with the male populations in 1861 and 1871
(Pages 34-35) Table of the ages of all females who died in each of the groups of districts, counties, and principal towns of Scotland in 1878, together with the female populations in 1861 and 1871
(Pages 36-37) Deaths at different ages in both sexes in each of the large towns, and in the small town districts of the counties of Scotland in 1878
(Pages 38-39) Males
(Pages 40-41) Females
(Pages 42-43) Deaths at different ages in both sexes in the mainland-rural and in the insular-rural districts of Scotland in 1878
(Pages 44-45) Males
(Pages 46-47) Females
(Pages 48-63)Contract subtree Summary table of the causes of death in each of the counties of Scotland in 1878
(Pages 48-62) Males
(Pages 49-63) Females
(Pages 64-71)Contract subtree Summary table of the causes of death in each of the principal towns of Scotland in 1878
(Pages 64-70) Males
(Pages 65-71) Females
(Pages 72-79)Contract subtree Summary table of the causes of death in each of the large towns of Scotland in 1878
(Pages 72-78) Males
(Pages 73-79) Females
(Pages 80-95)Contract subtree Summary table of the causes of death in each of the small town districts of the counties of Scotland in 1878
(Pages 80-94) Males
(Pages 81-95) Females
(Pages 96-111)Contract subtree Summary table of the causes of death in the mainland-rural districts of Scotland in 1878
(Pages 96-110) Males
(Pages 97-111) Females
(Pages 112-115) Summary table of the causes of death in the insular-rural districts of Scotland in 1878 males and females
(Pages 116-131)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in all Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 116-130) Males
(Pages 117-131) Females
(Pages 132-147)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in the principal town districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 132-146) Males
(Pages 133-147) Females
(Pages 148-163)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in the large town districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 148-162) Males
(Pages 149-163) Females
(Pages 164-179)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in the small town districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 164-178) Males
(Pages 165-179) Females
(Pages 180-195)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in the mainland-rural districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 180-194) Males
(Pages 181-195) Females
(Pages 196-211)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in the insular-rural districts of Scotland at different periods of life
(Pages 196-210) Males
(Pages 197-211) Females
(Pages 212-227)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Glasgow at different periods of life
(Pages 212-226) Males
(Pages 213-227) Females
(Pages 228-243)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Edinburgh at different periods of life
(Pages 228-242) Males
(Pages 229-243) Females
(Pages 244-259)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Dundee at different periods of life
(Pages 244-258) Males
(Pages 245-259) Females
(Pages 260-275)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Aberdeen at different periods of life
(Pages 260-274) Males
(Pages 261-275) Females
(Pages 276-291)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Greenock at different periods of life
(Pages 276-290) Males
(Pages 277-291) Females
(Pages 292-307)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Paisley at different periods of life
(Pages 292-306) Males
(Pages 293-307) Females
(Pages 308-323)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Leith at different periods of life
(Pages 308-322) Males
(Pages 309-323) Females
(Pages 324-339)Contract subtree Table of the causes of death in Perth at different periods of life
(Pages 324-338) Males
(Pages 325-339) Females
(Page 340) Table showing the influence of season on the mortality, or the number of deaths during the several months of the year 1878, in each of the groups of districts, divisions, and counties of Scotland
(6 pages)Contract subtree Appendix
(Page 341) Constitution of the compound districts
(Page 342) List of registration districts which include burghs or towns of 2000 inhabitants and upwards, or parts thereof, bearing a different name from the districts in which they are situated
(Pages 343-345) Index to districts