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SANITARY INSPECTOR'S STATEMENTS OF PROCEEDINGS
UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS FOR 1891.

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CUPAR DISTRICT REPORT.

This District contains the greatest number of parishes, and the
greatest acreage of all the Districts in Fifeshire. From the extreme
west to the extreme east, the distance is about 19 miles, and from
north to south the breadth is about 12 miles. The District on the
extreme west touches Kincross-shire, and on the north-west Perthshire.
The Tay forms the northern boundary. The District of St Andrews
lies to the east, and on the south parts of Kirkcaldy and St Andrews
Districts cut off Cupar District from the Firth of Forth. The District
contains the Royal burghs of Auchtermuchty, Cupar, Falkland, and
Newburgh, and the police burgh of Ladybank.
The total population of the District (including burghs) at the
census of 1881 was 29,449, and at the census of 1891 the population
was 26,986, showing a decrease of 2,463. The decrease occurs in 18
out of the 20 parishes - Balmerino and Collessie being the exceptions.
The population, exclusive of Royal burghs,was 20,952 in 1881,
and in 1891, 19,189, showing a decrease of 1763. The parishes in
which the greatest decrease occurs are (in order of greatest decrease)
Ceres, Strathmiglo, Falkland, and Auchtermuchty.
These brief statistics of the population are of interest, as they indi-
cate the tendency at the present day of depopulation of rural and agri-
cultural districts; but they are of more special reference to the present
subject as showing difficulties in sanitary reform arising from a dimin-
ishing revenue.

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The above Table shows the total acreage of the whole District,
total population, and average number of acres per person, and of
fraction of person per acre. Also the acres and persons in each parish,
and the number of acres per head of population.