[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

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1932
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    Causes of Infant Mortality.—The causes of infant deaths according to sexes and for each month during the first year of life are given in Appendix Tables XIII and XIV. About 33 per cent, of the male deaths and 29 per cent, of the female deaths occurred in the first month of life. Nearly half of these early deaths are due to premature births. As is shown in the summary of the totals of' the principal groups of causes of infant death in Tables XIII and XIV, which is given below, with a comparison for previous years since 1916, the death-rate from causes in the immaturity group has shown little reduction, the rate varying in the case of males from 39 to 46 and of females from 29 to 37 : — . Rate per 1,000 Births. Causes of Death. 1916-201921-251926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 Males— I. Immaturity, II. Diseases of Respiratory System, III. Diseases of Digestive System,.. IV. Diseases of Nervous System, .. V. Tuberculous Diseases, ... VI. Infectious Diseases, VII. Suffocation, VIII. All other causes. All causes. Females— I. Immaturity, II. Diseases of Respiratory System, III. Diseases of Digestive System,.. IV. Diseases of Nervous System, .. V. Tuberculous Diseases, VI. Infectious Diseases, VII. Suffocation, VIII. All other causes, All causes. Ratio—Males to 100 Females, 46 40 44 39 45 45 40 42 41 27 30 29 36 28 35 33 26 38 18 15 15 17 17 14 14 17 21 8 7 8 6 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 15 11 14 15 9 12 21 9 10 9 9 5 7 8 6 7 8 123 119 118 119 121 118 112 120 122 36 32 29 37 33 34 33 36 30 21 22 23 24 23 27 25 15 34 14 10 13 10 11 10 10 11 16 6 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 11 14 10 14 14 10 11 17 8 9 7 7 5 5 7 5 5 7 100 93 88 95 93 95 89 88 100 123 129 134 125 129 122 131 140 122 The mortality rate for the immaturity group of diseases in 1932 at 41 was only slightly lower for males, while for females the rate was 30 per thousand births, compared with 36 in 1931. As previously stated, there is little difference between the number of male and female births. Among the former there were 76 deaths from congenital malformations, whereas there were 49 female deaths in this category. The respective numbers for premature births were 257 and 174.
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