Statistical analysis of infant mortality and its causes in the United Kingdom / by Helen M. Blagg.

  • Blagg, Helen M.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Statistical analysis of infant mortality and its causes in the United Kingdom / by Helen M. Blagg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lowest Rates of Infant Mortality. England and Wales, 1907. Scotland, 1906. Counties. Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 living. Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births. Counties. Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 living. Deaths under One Year per 1,000 Births. Huntingdonshire. iro 73 Orkney 12-38 393 Radnorshire 97 74 Shetland 10-89 47-9 Wiltshire 11-9 77 Peebles 11-90 61-8 Dorset ii-8 77 Ross and Cro- marty 12-16 69-5 Hertfordshire ... I2'I 80 Argyll 14-65 68-7 Berkshire 117 S3 Bute I3-5I 75’2 Buckingham 11*2 84 Perth ... I3-55 77-9 Herefordshire ... ii'9 87 Sutherland 11-40 80-3 Westmoreland ... ii* 2 S7 Inverness 1377 84-0 Average of above nine counties... ir4 80 Average of above nine counties 12-65 67-2 England f 1906 I5'4 132 Scotland ^ I9°b i6-oo 115-0 and Wales | 1907 15-0 118 1 I9°7 i6-i8 Ireland, 1907. Rural population — 70 Whole of Ireland ... ... ... ... 17*7 92 TABLE III. Highest Rates of Infant Mortality. England and Wales, 1907. Scotland, 1906. Counties. Corrected Death-rate Deaths under One Year Counties. Corrected Death-rate Deaths under One Year per 1,000 living. per 1,000 Births. per 1,000 living. per 1,000 Births. Nottingham 16-4 146 Forfar 17-30 139-5 Lancashire i8-8 138 Lanark 17-91 129-2 Glamorgan I74 136 Stirling 15-87 120-7 Durham 17-8 135 Dumbarton ... 18-07 119-7 Staffordshire 16-2 133 Edinburgh 16-94 n6-8 West Riding North Riding i6-8 131 Linlithgow i458 113-4 (Yorks.) 17-2 127 Renfrew I9-37 1106 Merioneth I3-9 127 Dumfries 16-33 I IO2 Monmouth 16-7 126 Aberdeen !3'54 109-4 Warwick... 15-6 126 Ayr 14-38 I07-5 Average of above ten counties or Average of above divisions 16-7 132 ten counties... 16-4 117-7 England 1906 and Wales 1907 I54 i5'o 132 Il8 Scotland 1 I9°^ 1 1907 i6-o 16-18 1150 Civic unions ... Whole of Ireland I.M. Ireland, 1907. 177 124 92 D