Report on the condition of the poorer classes of Edinburgh and of their dwellings, neighbourhoods, and families : prepared by order of a public meeting of the inhabitants, held in the Council Chamber, under the presidency of The Right Honourable the Lord Provost, on the 15th April 1867, and adopted and ordered to be published, at a meeting held on the 28th of February 1868.

Date:
1868
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Credit: Report on the condition of the poorer classes of Edinburgh and of their dwellings, neighbourhoods, and families : prepared by order of a public meeting of the inhabitants, held in the Council Chamber, under the presidency of The Right Honourable the Lord Provost, on the 15th April 1867, and adopted and ordered to be published, at a meeting held on the 28th of February 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Table XIX. Number of Population Attending School in certain Districts in Scotland in 1834. District. Amount of Population. Number at School. Proportion of Population. TTi ct~W\a nriq in rl TqInnnq J.J.J.gJJ.IclJJ.'-lO ctULl X pT>1i 1 i I <, 11>, 504 954 53,009 9-5 Aberdeen, Banff, Elgin, ) 215,260 19,970 10-8 and Moray, - - J 14 Parishes in Presby- j tery of Auchterai'der, > 24,025 2,811 8-5* Perthshire, - - J Parish of Old Machar, 25,107 1,000 25-1 Dundee, - - - 50,000 3,700 13-5 Canongate, Edinburgh, Abbey Parish, Paisley, 10,175 827 12-3 31,088 1,711 18-2 * The average of the various proportions of the whole 14 parishes. It is satisfactory to find that there is considerable improve- ment in this respect, as appears from the following table, which shows the state of matters as reported by the Koyal 1 Commission on Education last year. It is, therefore, the latest authentic information we have on the subject. From it (Table XX.), we find that in some counties a ratio nearly equalling that of Prussia is obtained,—as Selkirk, 1 in 6-1 ; Banff and Forfar, 1 in 6 9. As we go north, how- ever, this favourable state of matters disappears—Argyll, 1 in 8-l ; Koss and Cromarty, 1 in 8-4; Sutherland, 1 in 8-6 ; Orkney, 1 in 87 ; and Shetland, 1 in 18. The average over all Scotland is 1 in 7*9. But if the quality of the education be considered as well as the quantity, our inferiority would be more apparent.