ON THE VITAL STATISTICS OF LARGE TOWNS IN SCOTLAND. 135 



Therefore the average annual number of males 

 married in Edinburgh, compared to the num- 

 ber of male inhabitants ascertained by the 



Census of 1841, is as 1 to 60'725, or 1-646 per cent. 



The average annual number of females mar- 

 ried, to the female population, as 1 to 73-185, or 1-366 per cent. 



Greater proportion of the male than of the fe- ■ 



male population married, by O280 per cent. 



While there is on an average of these three years 0-280 per cent, more of the 



male than of the female population of Edinburgh married, it appears that on the 



average of these years there is 3*87 per cent, more females than males married*. 



The average annual number of individuals married, to the total population, 



is as 1 to 67*078, or 1*490 per cent. 



It will be observed, that in the different tables of the proclamations of 

 marriages, it is assumed that all the females after marriage went to reside in 

 the parish to which their husbands belonged, and the females of the double 

 proclamations are accordingly deducted to obtain the amount of the resident 

 marriages. The following table is constructed on this principle. 



Table XI. 



Exhibiting the proportion which the resident marriages in EDINBURGH 

 and suburban districts of St. Cuthbert's and Canongate, during the years 

 1839, 1840 and 1841, bear to the population of these years. 



Leith. 

 It will be found, that of the inhabitants of North and South Leith, the 

 average annual number of males married during the years 1839, 1840, and 

 1S41 is 255^, females 246 ; the total average annual number of individuals 

 married during these years being 501^. 



Therefore the average annual number of males 

 married in Leith, compared with the num- 

 ber of males as ascertained by the Census 



of 1841, is as 1 to 51*857, or 1-928 per cent. 



The average annual number of females mar- 

 ried, to the female population, is as 1 to 61*508, or 1*625 per cent. 



Greater proportion of the male than of the fe- 



male population married, by 0*303 per cent. 



While there is on an average of these three years 0*303 per cent, more of the 

 male than of the female population of Leith married, it appears that on the ave- 

 rage of these years there is 3*65 per cent, more males than females married f. 



* By the Census of 1841, there are 125-37 females to every 100 males in Edinburgh, 

 t By the Census of 1841, there are 114-27 females to every 100 males in North and South 

 Leith. 



