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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![PART TWO STILLBIRTHS CHAPTER 5—THE INCIDENCE OF STILLBIRTHS * Countries compared : Accurate information on the incidence of stillbirths exists only for a few countries, and only for a few years. Registration of still- births has been compulsory in New Zealand since 1913, in Holland since 1925, in Canada since 1926, in England and Wales since 1927 and in Scotland only since 1939.* These countries are compared in Table 23. Table 28.—-Stilibirths in Different Countries. Kates per 1,000 Total Births | | Period Holland | Canada New England Scotland | ' ‘| Zealand. |and Wales.) — ps | PROTO spd ipiehde - 26 1921-25 | sain pace 30 7 1 7926-30. | 25 Rite 3] 401 1931-35 25 29 29 4] ee 1936-40. : 26 2 27 29 38 423 1934 25 28 28 40 1935 25 28 30 4] 1936 25 28 29 40 1937 25 28 28 39 1938 ; : 25 27 27 38 A 1939 ; / oe 27 30 38 42 1940 26 29 36 42 1941 26 27 34 39 1942 e ie Done 38 There has been some decline in the rate in Britain during the war. The excess in Scotland is of the same order as the excess of neonatal mortality. In each country, the stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates are of similar magnitude (Table 24) and, as total mortality decreases, form an increasing proportion of the whole. Table 24.—Mortalities at Different cake pompared: 19389. Rates per 1,000 Total irths Stillbirths ay Neonatal Deaths Total Country. Stillbirths. an . <a deaths. |. watal deaths, | 1712 months. | mortality. New Zealand : 30 va 51 9 60 Holland (1938) G 25 21 46 15 61 Canada , : i: 30 57 29 86 England and Wales 38 27 65 21 86 Scotland ; : 42 35 77 31 108 { ~~ * For this reason comparisons of stillbirths must be brought into the war period. Apart , from this, the discussion is confined to the pre-war position.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32174640_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
