Death certification and registration in Scotland : its present defects and a proposed remedy / by John Glaister.

  • Glaister, John, 1856-1932.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Death certification and registration in Scotland : its present defects and a proposed remedy / by John Glaister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    TABLE II.—PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN SCOTLAND, Towns. Year 1881. Year 1890. Glasgow, Dundee, ...... Greenock, ...... Paisley, ...... Kilmarnock, ..... Edinburgh, ..... Aberdeen, ...... Leith, ...... Perth, Glasgow (Landward and Suburbs), 9-2 5-6 10-7 7-1 1-7 10-2 3- 1 10-8 5-0 4- 8 30 2- 8 5-0 3- 3 1- 8 7-6 10 2- 8 1-9 1-1 TABLE III.—GROUPS OE DISTRICTS. Districts. Year 188]. Year 1890. Principal Town Districts, . Large ,, ,, . . . Small ,, ,, Mainland Rural ,, Insular ,, ,, 7-8 7-3 7-1 7-0 52-5 3-3 3-5 3-5 9-5 47-1 TABLE IV.— UNCERTIFIED DEATHS IN ENGLAND IN 1890. Total Deaths, . . . . . ^ 562,248 Certified by Practitioners, Coroners, . Not Certified, . . . . = 514,720 = 31,581 = 15,947 91 per cent. 5-6 „ 2-8 „ Percentage Proportion of Uncertified Deaths in Various Places (Loivest)— Extra-Metropolitan Sussex, London and Wiltshire, ..... Extra-Metropolitan Surrey, 0*6 per cent. 0- 9 „ 1- 0 „ Percentage Proportion of Uncertified Deaths in Various Places (Highest)— Derbyshire and Monmouthshire Durham, Herefordshire, South Wales, Huntingdonshire, North Wales, ] \ 41 per cent. 4- 7 5- 0 5- 5 „ 6- 0 6-4