[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross.

  • Perthshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Violent Deaths: Numbered 71, of which 6 were due to suicide, 29 to road accidents and 36 to other forms of violence, of which 19 were due to accidents in the home. Maternal Mortality: There were no deaths from causes related to pregnancy in 1971, the last death from this cause being in 1958. Infant Mortality: There were 24 deaths of infants at ages less than one year, giving an infantile mortality rate of 19.5 per thousand births. The figure for last year was 14.4. The average rate for the area for the past five years is 18. The figure for Scotland is 20 the same as last year. 12 of the infant deaths during 1971 occurred at ages less than four weeks, giving a neo-natal death rate of 10 per thousand births. Of the 24 deaths during the year, only 7 fell into the theoretically preventable group (pneumonia 5, road accident 1, measles 1). The other 17 deaths were due to the group of causes which includes congenital debility, prematurity and malformations, compared to 13 from these causes in 1970. There were 19 still births, giving a stillbirth rate of 15 per thousand total births including stillbirths. The figure for last year was 6.