[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

Fife (Scotland). County Council.

Date:: 1923

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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The number of deaths and relative rates for each of the four Districts and the County landward are set forth below :— Area I Number Rate per 1000 Cupar District - - 206 13.59 Dunfermline District - - - 1 377 10.71 Kirkcaldy District - - - ! 481 10.83 St Andrews District - - - - i 179 11.99 Fife County - - * | 1243 11.33 The appended table shows the age and sex distribution of the more common causes of death in the County during 1923. The death-rate of Scotland during 1923 was 12.9, the lowest annual death-rate yet recorded.