[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Inverness County Council.

Inverness-shire (Scotland). County Council.

Date:: 1956

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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Inverness County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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STILL BIRTHS. The number of still births occurring in the County during 1956 after correction for mother's residence totalled 22, equivalent to a rate of 24 per 1,000 total births, live and still. The comparative rate for Scotland as a whole was 24. The following table shows the changes in the rate in the County and in Scotland as a whole over the past eight years. Year. Rate per 1,000 total births live and still. Inverness County. Scotland. 1949 22 27 1950 34 27 1951 22 26 1952 24 26 1953 25 25 1954 23 25 1955 16 25 1956 24 24 MARRIAGES. The number of marriages registered during 1956 was 182 equivalent to 3.2 per 1,000 of the population. This shows a slight increase over the previous year, the comparative figures being 174 and 3.1 respectively. DEATHS. The total number of deaths registered during 1956, after correction for home residence, was 737, of which 404 were males and 333 were females. This is equivalent to a rate of 13.0 per 1,000 of the population, which is virtually unchanged when compared with the rate for the previous year, but is slightly above the average figure for the years 1948 - 1956 which is 12.6. A classification of the causes of death giving the age and sex distribution is set out on pages 8 and ?„ As in former years the three principal causes of death in their order of importance were diseases of the heart and circulation, malignant neoplasms and diseases of the nervous system, the latter including vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system. Of the total of 737 deaths, 490 or 66.% were due to these causes the proportions being 223 (30.2£), 135 (18.35&), 132 (1%) respectively. These deaths are detailed in the table set out below, age and sex groups being shown.