Infant mortality in Scotland / the report of a sub-committee of the Scientific Advisory Committee.
- Great Britain. Department of Health for Scotland. Scientific Advisory Committee on Medical Administration and Investigation.
- Date:
- 1943
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Infant mortality in Scotland / the report of a sub-committee of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table 8.—Infant Mortality Rates in Cities with Population o over 160,000, arranged by Size, 1934-38 — Population | Birth City. in Rate. Thousands. | Neonatal | Mortality Mortality | Mortality Rate Rate. Rate. 1-12 mths. | London, Administrative County ~ : : 4,143 13-4 24 38 Glasgow A 1,119 19°7 49 59 Liverpool, Bootle and Birkenhead ; : 1,067 19-8 ot 47 Birmingham é 1,023 16-1 3l oe Manchester & Salford , 949 15:1 35 40 Sheffield . ‘ 519 15:1 31 23 Leeds ver ; . 490 15:0 33 33 Edinburgh . ; ‘ 464 15°8 35 31 Bristol ; 414 14-2 aT 19 Newcastle & Gateshead 410 16-6 4] 42 Hull . : 320 18:3 29 4] Bradford . : , 291 13-6 3 ot Nottingham : : 280 15-6 34 44 Stoke-on-Trent . : Zio 16:6 37 38 West Ham . ; : 265 15:8 24. 36 Leicester. : . 257 14-4 30 26 Portsmouth : ; 253 15-2 25 24 Croydon. é : 242 13-5 22 24 Cardiff ‘ ; : 221 15-5 35 26 Plymouth . : ; 207 15:2 27 27 Coventry . : : 197 15-3 31 21 Sunderland ; ‘ 184 19-7 36 44 Southampton : ; 178 15-9 27 23 Dundee A ‘ ‘ 178 17°9 36 4l Aberdeen. : : 176 17°4 35 41 Bolton : ; : aS 12:9 a2 24 Swansea. F ‘ 163 15:6 33 24 | Foreign Cities : In Table 9 figures for foreign cities are compared with those of Scotland and Greater London. The cities chosen are the five largest in the U.S.A., the largest in the Dominions, and the capitals of Holland, Denmark,. Norway and Sweden. The remarkable drop experienced by American cities between 1932 and 1940 is also shown. Table 9.—Infant Mortality Rates, Selected Cities, 1938 | Population Infant in millions. mortality rate. Glasgow i 87 Edinburgh 0:5 61 Dundee 0-2 77 Aberdeen . 0:2 (a Greater London . 8-7 50 New York 75 38 Chicago . 3:4 34 Philadelphia 1-9 40 Detroit 1:6 4] Los Angeles 1-5 43 Montreal 1-1 13 Toronto 0:7 48](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32174640_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
