[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1959
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SECTION I. POPULATION. A further reduction in the City’s population is apparent in the Registrar General’s estimate as at 31st December, 1959—1,075,800, compared with 1,078,400 in December 1958, a difference of 2,600. The decline has persisted in spite of a growing excess of births over deaths from 1955 to 1958. This trend in the Natural Increase however received a check in 1959, the combined effect of a decrease in the births and an increase in the deaths. The trend from 1952 is shown in the following table :— Natural Increase. 1952 . .. 6,496 1956 .. .. 8,691 1953 . .. 7,405 1957 ., .. 9,239 1954 . .. 8,227 1958 ., ,. 9,306 1955 ., .. 7,748 1959 ., .. 9,062 This natural increase of 9,062, if added to the estimated population in 1958 of 1,078,400 would have given in 1959, a population of 1,087,462. According to the Registrar General’s estimate therefore there has been an actual loss of some 11,600 persons. From information supplied by the Registrar General this loss can be accounted for, partly by emi- gration abroad and, to a greater extent, by migration outwith the city, some into the adjacent counties and some to other areas of Scotland and the United Kingdom. In 1959, 1,200 persons emigrated overseas and 11,300 to other areas in the United Kingdom ; 12,500 in all. This figure however is reduced by a net gain of 900 resulting from changes in the number of H.M. Forces in the city. In 1958, 11,800 persons left the city, 1,800 for destinations abroad and 10,000 to other parts of Scotland and the United Kingdom. Consideration of the changes in the Voters’ Roll confirms this loss of population, since between October 1958 and February 1959 there was a reduction of 7,516 in the number of voters. This figure, multiplied by the ratio of population to voters established at the 1951 Census, represents a population loss during that period of some 11,100 persons. On this basis the estimated population would be as follows Population as at December, 1958 ... ... 1,078,400 Add Natural Increase, 1959 ... ... 9,062 1,087,462 Deduct Loss from migration based on Decrease in Voters’ Roll ... ... 11,163 1,076,297 The Registrar General’s estimate of 1,075,800 has therefore been used for the calculation of all rates throughout this report.