HH62/2/LINLIT/1

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TO THE HONOURABLE

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISION.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I HAVE the honour of submitting for
your consideration a Report on the County of
Linlithgow for the year ending 1891.

Area and Population.
The County, with an area of 120 square miles,
has a population of 52,789, and has increased by
9279 in the last 10 years. Of the total popula-
tion, 20,329 reside in the various Burghs, which,
with the exception of the small Burgh of Whit-
burn, have each a medical officer of health.
Whitburn has applied to the combined Counties
of Mid-Lothian, West Lothian, and Peebles, to
have my services.

Two Districts - the Linlithgow and the Bathgate.
The County is divided into two Districts - the
Linlithgow, which comprises the Parishes of Lin-
lithgow, Abercorn, Borrowstounness, Carriden, Dalmeny, Ecclesmachan, and
part of Kirkliston; and the Bathgate District,
composed of the Parishes of Bathgate, Torpichen, Livingston,
Uphall, and Whitburn. The population of
Linlithgow District is 23,774, but excluding
Burghs 13,046. The population of Bathgate Dis-
trict is 29,015, but excluding Burghs 19,414.