[Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Census of 1911, the increase of landward population was 21,579, or 26.1 per cent. The populations enumerated in the four County Districts are :—Kirkcaldy District, 44,569 ; Dunfermline District, 34,870 ; Cupar District, 15,418; and St Andrews District, 15,201. Dun- fermline District has increased by 4,583, or 15.1 per cent., and Kirkcaldy District by 3,868, or 9.5 per cent. St Andrews District has decreased by 142, or 0.9 per cent., and Cupar District by 105, or 0.7 per cent. Ratio of Skxfs :—The female outnumbers the male popula- tion of the County by 6,721, the ratio of females to males being 104.7 to 100 : in 1911, the ratio was 102.6 to 100. In the inter- censal period the female population has increased more rapidly than the male. Housing :—The houses in the County numbered 67,387, of which 63,537 were returned as occupied, 2,931 as unoccupied, and 919 as in the course of erection. Compared with the Census, 1911, occupied houses are 4,757 more, and houses in course of erection 441 more ; unoccupied houses are 1,374 less. The average number of persons to each 100 rooms is 143. In the last four Censuses, this average shows little change :—142 in 1891 ; 138 in 1901 ; 144 in 1911. Of the 63,537 occupied houses, 3,858 or 6.1 per cent, are one- roomed ; 27,040 or 42.6 per cent, are two-roomed ; 15,839 or 24.9 per cent, are three-roomed ; and 7,388 or 11.6 per cent, are four- roomed. Compared with the figures in 1911, one-roomed houses are less by 745, but two-, three- and four-roomed houses are more by 926, 1,699 and 2,159 respectively. Of the total population, 10,595 or 3.6 per cent, were enumerated in one-roomed houses; 118,715 or 40.5 per cent, in two-roomed houses ; 75,402 or 25.8 per cent, in three-roomed houses ; and 33,995 or 11.6 per cent, in four-roomed houses. Of 3,858 one-roomed houses enumerated in the County, 1,398 were in County Districts. In Dunfermline District, one-roomed