--------------------------+---------------------------------- | | Number of insane and idiots. Shire. +-------+--------+--------+-------- | Male. |Female. | Total. | In | | | |asylums. --------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------- Aberdeen | 197 | 226 | 423 | 41 Argyle | 171 | 122 | 293 | 9 Ayr | 110 | 104 | 214 | 14 Banff | 62 | 86 | 148 | 6 Berwick | 38 | 28 | 66 | 3 Bute | 32 | 27 | 59 | 1 Caithness | 45 | 29 | 74 | 0 Clackmannan and Cromarty | 20 | 19 | 39 | 1 Dumbarton | 44 | 38 | 82 | 6 Dumfries | 84 | 79 | 163 | 15 Edinburgh | 132 | 153 | 285 | 148 Elgin | 32 | 47 | 79 | 4 Fife | 115 | 127 | 242 | 11 Forfar | 122 | 154 | 276 | 37 Haddington | 44 | 36 | 80 | 9 Inverness | 130 | 110 | 240 | 10 Kincardine | 52 | 58 | 110 | 5 Kinross | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 Kirkcudbright | 42 | 35 | 77 | 5 Lanark | 156 | 193 | 349 | 28 Linlithgow | 25 | 35 | 60 | 1 Nairn | 4 | 20 | 24 | 0 Orkney and Shetland | 67 | 62 | 129 | 0 Peebles | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0 Perth | 179 | 134 | 313 | 17 Renfrew | 94 | 81 | 175 | 24 Ross | 107 | 103 | 210 | 4 Roxburgh | 52 | 56 | 108 | 10 Selkirk | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 Sterling | 58 | 64 | 122 | 4 Sutherland | 36 | 27 | 63 | 1 Wigton | 30 | 40 | 70 | 4 +-------+--------+--------+-------- | 2304 | 2324 | 4628 | 417 --------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------- From this table it will be seen that the total number was 4628, of whom 2304 were males and 2324 females. With regard to their distribution, there were-- In public asylums 258 In private asylums 158 With friends 1357 At large 2855 ---- Total 4628