[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council.
- Clackmannanshire (Scotland). County Council.
- Date:
- 1924
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Scheme of Maternity Service and Child Welfare. This has been fully detailed in previous reports. The Central Committee for Maternal and Child Welfare deals with the Scheme under the provisions of the Notification of Births Act and the Mid- wives (Scotland) Act so far as they concern the District Committee and the Town Councils of Alloa, Alva and Tillicoultry. Dollar Town Council has a separate scheme. On 30th December, 1924, the Board issued a Form of Statis- tics to be furnished annually in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health. The Form embraces details of which no re- cords have been kept, so that it is only possible to give a modified statement for 1924. The figures given below relate to the Central Committee’s Scheme, while, in order to avoid the necessity of fur- ther printing, the figures relating to Dollar Scheme are shown in brackets. 1. Infant Mortality.— (a) Number of deaths : County District, 11; Alloa, 39; Alva, 4; Tillicoultry, 7; [Dollar, 0.]. (b) Rate per 1000 births : See Table I. of Appendix. (c) Causes of death: Measles, 5; Whooping Cough, 2; Tuberculous Diseases, 2; Meningitis (not Tubercul- ous), 3 ; Pneumonia, 6; Bronchitis, 2; Diarrhoea and Enteritis, 1; Diseases of early infancy and mal- formations, 37; Other Causes, 3. 2. Births. (a) Number Registered : (1) Legitimate; County Dis- trict, 193; Alloa, 319; Alva, 79; Tillicoultry, 62; [Dollar, 12]. (2) Illegitimate: County District, 10; Alloa, 18; Alva, 2; Tillicoultry, 3; [Dollar, 2], (b) Number notified : County District, 165 ; Alloa, 287; Alva, 86; Tillicoultry, 65; [Dollar. 14]. (c) Number attended by Midwives: County District, 30; Alloa, 192; Alva, 0; Tillicoultry, 2$; [Dollar, 0]. (d) Number of Still Births: County District. 4; Al- loa, 7; Alva, 4; Tillicoultry, 2; ([Dollar, 0]. 3. Maternal Mortality.— (a) Number of deaths resulting from miscarriage or childbirth: Alva, 1.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28648043_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
