[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Moray & Nairn.

  • Moray & Nairn (Scotland). Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Moray & Nairn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 Causes of Still-birth, 1948, not corrected for Residence. Difficult Labour 7 Congenital Malformation 7 Ante-parturn Haemorrhage 2 Acute Toxaemia 2 Chronic Disease of the Mother Other Causes 4 Total 22 These tables show the following:- Births in the years from 194*1 onwards have increased by nearly one quarter over the pre-war decade. Still-births show the same degree of prevalence throughout the period from 1941 onwards. Owing to absence of compulsory notifications, no comparison con be made with the previous . decade. Infant Deaths are slightly fewer in number than in the previous decade. The rise in the number of births has the effect of making infant deaths relatively less frequent. The rates for Scotland for 1948, as given in the preliminary return for 1948 are as follows:- Birth rate 18.5 Infant mortality rate 44. Still-birth rate 29- That is to say, in Moray and Nairn, in the year 1948, the birth rate, and the infant mortality rate were higher than the national average, and the still-birth rate was lower. An examination of the comparative figures for the separate counties of Moray and Nairn shows that in the latter, the birth rate tends to be lower, the infant mortality higher, and the still- birth rate lower. M GRAY NAIRN Average popln Birth Infant SrB rate M. rate rate Average Popln. Birth Infant S-B rate M. rate rate 1S%9° 40,980 17.5 66 - 8,283 17.2 58 - 1940 to 1944 42,594 19.1 59 32 8,438 18.0 73 27 1945 41,424 17.5 52 26 8,241 18.1 55 24 1946 U3,431 21 .3 53 37 8,619 19.0 24 18 1947 45,785 22.2 47 30 8,989 21 .4 57 25 1948 46,867 20.5 48 25 9,203 18.4 59 17