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In the Upper or Keith District of the County, the lower
part, except the Parish of Rothiemay, is provided for by the
Keith Hospital. An arrangement might be made for accom-
modating any cases from Rothiemay at Keith or Aberchirder.
The latter would be the most suitable. The central portion of
this District, including the Parishes of Mortlach and Aberlour,
with the Police Burgh of Dufftown, is without Hospital accom-
modation for infectious diseases. I am of opinion that a com-
bination between these Parishes for providing such accommoda-
tion would be advisable, or even a larger scheme to embrace the
Parish of Knockando, and perhaps the Parish and Burgh of
Rothes in Elginshire might be still better. In the remaining
and upper part of this District, embracing Cabrach, Inveraven,
Glenlivet, Kirkmichael, and Tomintoul, the population (except in
the Village of Tomintoul) is sparse and scattered - distances are
great and means of transit not readily available. Since the
Notification Act was adopted only three cases have been reported
from this part of the District, viz., one of Erysipelas and two of
Typhoid Fever, one of the latter being an imported case.
In conclusion, I would beg to quote the following from the
Memorandum issued by the Local Government Board "On the
provision of Isolation Hospital Accommodation" - "Large
villages and groups of adjacent villages will commonly require
the same sort of provisions as towns. Where good roads and
proper arrangements for the conveyance of the sick have been
provided the best arrangement for village populations is by
a small building accessible from several villages; otherwise the
requisite accommodation for (say) four cases of infectious disease
in a village may be got in a suitable four-room or six-room
Cottage at the disposal of the Sanitary Authority; or by
arrangement made beforehand with some trustworthy Cottage-
holders, not having children, that they should receive and nurse,
on occasion, patients requiring such accommodation."
I have endeavoured in Table V., p. 18, to tabulate the
existing, and proposed, Hospital Accommodation in Banffshire.

(c) Tabular Statements of Mortality.

In Tables VI. and VII, pp. 19-20, I have embodied the
information derived from the Returns the Registrars have kindly
furnished me with for 1891.
During that year 1107 Births and 511 Deaths were
registered within the County of Banff, exclusive of Burghs.
Of the 511 Deaths 90 occurred during the first year of life,
and 215 were those of persons aged 60 years and upwards.
In 54 cases the cause of death was not certified, and of these
more than one-fourth were children under five years of age.

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TABLE I. - Population and Acreage of Banffshire.

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