HH62/2/NAIRN/3

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NAIRNSHIRE.

Report by Medical Officer of Health.

Population at last Census - April 1891, -- 5070
Population estimated to middle of 1891, -- 5066
Area in Acres, -- about 114,000

Population. - During the last decade the population has
decreased, especially in the upper part of the district.
The alterations, which have been recently made on the
County and Parish Boundaries have made it difficult for me
to ascertain the exact area, and in the case of Croy Parish,
the population, owing to the boundary having been again
altered.

[table inserted]

1. GENERAL SANITARY STATE.
The general sanitary state of a district depends on several
conditions. The Geology, Meteorology, and Physical Con-
formation have all a certain effect, but what we have
principally to deal with are, what one might term, artificial
conditions arising from the density of the population and
their occupations - the diseases most commonly met with,