[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Ayr County Council.
- Ayrshire (Scotland). County Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Ayr County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![County Medical Officer’s Report 1 9 5 9. A.—VITAL STATISTICS. Population and Area.—The Registrar Goner a 1 has estimated the population of the Landward Area and Small Bitrghs to middle of 1959 as 253,481 • This figure is 4,128 more than his estimate for 1958. Births.—The live births registered after correction for transfers were 4,690, equivalent to a birth rate of 18-5 per thousand of population, as compared with 19-2 for the precoding year. The figure for Scotland was 19 T. The rates for previous years are :— 1931-35—Average Birth-Rate ... 1936-40 1941-45 1946-50 1951-55 1956—Birth-rate 1957 1958 1959 18-6 1S-2 18-1 19-7 17- 9 18- 3 18-8 19- 2 1S-5 The number of still-births registered aftor correction for transfers during the year was 117, giving a rate of 24 por thousand total births. The rate for Scotland was 22. The number of still- births registered for a number of years past, with the corresponding rates per thousand total births, are as follows :— Rate ])er Thousand Still-Births. Total Births. 1941 -45—Average 153 41 1946-50 130 27 1951-55 104 24 1956 108 24 1957 119 25 1958 107 22 1959 117 24 The dotails applicable to individual Burghs are given in Tables II. and III.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28647300_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
