13,001 husbands were away from home on the night of the Census
Over half the female population of Linlithgow was under 20 years of age
41 people were 100 years of age and above (44 in 1891, 57 in 1881)
13,194 people lived in asylums (described as 'Lunatics' or 'Imbeciles')
11,797 people took shelter in poorhouses
3,104 people held in prisons and police cells
4,023 spent the night in barns, sheds, tents or caravans
22,627 Foreign Nationals resided in Scotland: 0.5% of the population
92.85% children aged 5-14 at school or studying at home
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Detail from a page in the 1901 census
Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland, 1901 census 475/7/1