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Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

Homeless death rates in Midlothian highest in country, according to new report

Homeless death rates in Midlothian were the highest in Scotland last year with one in 22 recorded in the county.

A report by the National Register of Scotland revealed ten homeless people who were identified as Midlothian residents died, taking the rate to 164 per million population.

It put the county above every other local authority in the country with Glasgow City Council second with a rate of 118.7.

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