I've just discovered that the Medical Officer of Health Reports for Scotland from 1891, previously available on the now defunct ScotlandsPlaces platform, are in fact available on ScotlandsPeople. They can be found at https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/place-page/Scotland/GAZ00185/-/REX01637.
Medical Officers were appointed for each county in Scotland in 1890 (although many areas had them prior to this), and their reports note the conditions within the various registration districts within which people were residing, as well as the diseases they were suffering from, epidemics, and other health issues. The reports are useful in allowing us to step back and take a wider look at the circumstances in which our ancestors lived, to truly understand the squalor that many experienced
There appears to be no way to actually find them by navigating from the ScotlandsPeople home page, so you may wish to bookmark the above link. Nor is there a guide explaining the records. Has this been overlooked by ScotlandsPeople? (Or am I missing something? Always possible!)
Chris
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