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CENSUS OF SCOTLAND 1951

PRELIMINARY REPORT

ON THE

FIFTEENTH CENSUS

OF

SCOTLAND

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CONTENTS

PART I.
Introduction			iii

PART II.
Summary—
	Population of Scotland: General Summary		v
	Notes on individual County Populations		vii
	Gaelic-speaking Population		xiii

PART III.
Population Tables
I.	Population of Scotland and of the Counties in 1951 and in 1931		1
II.	Population of Scotland and of the Counties at each Census since 1801		2
III.	Intercensal Increase or Decrease of Population of Scotland and of the Counties at each Census since 1801		5
IV.	Intercensal Rates of Increase or Decrease of Population of Scotland and of the Counties at each Census since 1801		8
V.	Population of the Counties, Burghs and Civil Parishes		11
VI.	Population of Burghs arranged according to size		43
VII.	Population of Burghs arranged in alphabetical order		45
VIII.	Number of Persons speaking Gaelic		47

1951 Census of Scotland, Preliminary Report on the Fifteenth Census of Scotland (H.M.S.O., 1951),