[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dumfries County Council.

Dumfriesshire (Scotland). County Council.

Date:: 1951

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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dumfries County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The birth-rate of 16-7 is 0-7 lower than the figure recorded in 1950. Illegitimate births amounted to 7-3 per cent, of the total. Deaths. The number of deaths, corrected for transfers, was 761, of which 403 were of men and 358 of women. The death rate, adjusted for age and sex distribution, was 11-3. The rate for Scotland was 12-9. The numbers and age-groups of death are shown in the following table :