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Table 1. Abstract from the returns made by the Scots Mining Company

Age No. Education
Attend Sunday School Attend Day school during winter Regularly attend public worship Can read an easy book Can write
8 to 9 1 - 1 1 1 -
9 to 10 3 - 3 3 3 1
10 to 11 6 - 6 6 6 5
11 to 12 8 - 8 8 8 8
12 to 13 3 - 3 3 3 3
13 to 14 3 - 3 3 3 3
14 to 15 5 1 5 5 5 5
15 to 16 5 2 5 5 5 5
16 to 17 - - - - - -
17 to 18 1 - 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 3 35 35 35 31

Medico-statistical report on the Mining Village of Leadhills, from 26th May, 1835, to 26th May, 1841.

In the years Population Annual Deaths Yearly Average of deaths for six years
1835-6 1260 21 22 1/6, or 1 to 50
1836-7 1238 26
1837-8 1104 23
1838-9 1091 34
1839-40 980 19
1840-1 970 10
General Total 6643 133

Immediate cause of death Males Females Total
Colic 1 -- 1
Disease of rectum 1 -- 1
Mesenteric disease 1 2 3
Croup 3 1 4
Asthma 1 2 3
Dyspnoea 3 -- 3
Remittent fever 1 1 2
Continued fever -- 1 1
Typhus fever 2 3 5
Psoas abscess -- 2 2
Inflammation of brain 1 2 3
Inflammatory affectations of chest 7 2 9
Chronic affectations of chest 9 11 20
Inflammatory affectations of stomach and bowels 2 3 5
Inflammation of liver 3 1 4
Inflammation of kidney 1 -- 1
Dysentery -- 4 4
Influenza 4 3 7
Rheumatism -- 1 1
Rheumatic gout 1 -- 1
Scarlet fever 2 2 4
Decay of old age 5 4 9
Consumption 5 6 11
Lues (from Edinburgh) 1 -- 1
Aneurism -- 1 1
Convulsions 3 -- 3
Apoplexy 1 2 3
Paralysis 3 -- 3
Childbed -- 1 1
Disease of spine -- 1 1
Dropsy of chest -- 1 1
General dropsy 1 3 4
Cutaneous disease 1 1 2
Fungus nematodes -- 1 1
Killed in mines 5 -- 5
Totals 68 62 130

Ages of death Males Females Total Remarks
Under 1 year 10 4 14

Nine of these deaths were from persons brought sick from the country to the village

There are at present 46 widows and 16 widowers in the village

1 and under 2 years 4 7 11
2 and under 5 years 5 2 7
5 and under 10 years 2 1 3
10 and under 20 years 3 7 10
20 and under 30 years 4 6 10
30 and under 40 years 2 5 7
40 and under 50 years 3 2 5
50 and under 60 years 7 3 10
60 and under 70 years 10 17 27
70 and under 80 years 13 8 21
80 and under 90 years 4 -- 4
90 and under 100 years 1 -- 1

68 62 130
Also 3 deaths which I did not attend 3
General Total 133

Last Updated 22nd August 2010