On 23 september 2013 Mr. Norman John Gilles died. He was one of the last people born on St. Kilda who was still alive; http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-norman-john-gillies-painting-and-decorating-department-manager-1-3122548
According to this article, Mr. Gilles' mother died in May 1930 after an appendicitis during pregnancy and pneumonia. This was probably the last straw to make the remaining St. Kildans realise their vulnerable situation on health care issues and they decided to leave.
Now, there is only one surviving native left: a Mrs. Rachel Johnson.
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