With regard to your article about the mortality rate among Scots, why has it come as a shock when this situation has been with us since time immemorial ("Mortality rate among Scots is worsening", November 20)?
With regard to your article about the mortality rate among Scots, why has it come as a shock when this situation has been with us since time immemorial (\"Mortality rate among Scots is worsening\", November 20)?
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As part of my sociology degree at Durham University my dissertation focused on the comparison on health and mortality between Bearsden and Gorbals from the 1930s to the 1960s (it is available in the Mitchell Library).
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Death rates and scourge of poverty
With regard to your article about the mortality rate among Scots, why has it come as a shock when this situation has been with us since time immemorial ("Mortality rate among Scots is worsening", November 20)?
As part of my sociology degree at Durham University my dissertation focused on the comparison on health and mortality between Bearsden and Gorbals from the 1930s to the 1960s (it is available in the Mitchell Library).
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