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
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Credit: Infant mortality in Scotland / the report of a sub-committee of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART ONE THE MORTALITY OF LIVE-BORN INFANTS CHAPTER 1—THE HIGH INFANT MORTALITY IN SCOTLAND Total Mortality compared by Country : Table 1 shows the infant mortality rate in Scotland compared with other countries. The figures are for the pre-war quinquennium 1934-38. 2 Table 1.—Total Infant Mortality Compared by Country. (Quinquennium 1934-88.) New Zealand : . 32 | Denmark . ; , nbd Holland. : Oa a kure tne Boy, Australia. geo ue Callaga ea: : pe Norway . ; . 43 | Finland . ; pee LU, Sweden. . 45 | Scotland . Beier 710 Switzerland ; . 46 | Spain ‘ ; weelia Iceland . 48 | Japan sR) US , ; pe b6t sBolande4r : es Sys England and Wales . 57 | Hungary . 141 SeeOILICal a ; SeatOog| GROriupalaes ; are ey Germany . : 7 SOON Le ypt ; ee 63 France : . 67 | British India : : -SeL69 Ceylon : : RL OA From this it will be seen that the infant mortality rate in Scotland compared unfavourably with that in other parts of the English-speaking world and all other countries in the west of Europe except Spain and Portugal. Total Mortality compared by Period : That this has not always been the case is shown in Table 2. Table 2.—Total Infant Mortality Compared by Period. (Quinquennia from 1871-1940.) Quinquennium. | 7\°W '4| Holland. | Australia. | Norway. | Sweden. | U.S.A. |E78/204 | Canada. | Scotland. 1871-75 . \ 102 — — om — Lee 153 —— 127 1876-80 . —— — —_ = —- 145 — 118 1881-85 . 91 181 125 99 116 — 139 — 118 1886-90 . 84 175 119 96 105 — 145 — 121 1891-95 88 165 109 98 103 —= 151 — 126 1896-1900 80 151 112 96 101 =a 156 — 130 1901-05 75 136 97 8l 91 — 138 — 120 1906-10 . 70 114 78 — — —— Ly — 112 1911-15 . 54 95 70 — — aan 110 — 113 1916-20 . 49 65 — — 93 90 — 99 1921-25 . 43 64 58 52 60 74 76 aed 92 1926-30 . oF 56 52 49 58 66 68 93 85 1931-35 . 32 45 41 45 50 59 62 75 81 &l 55 64 76 | 1936-40 . | 32 | 37 39 39 42 1 Excluding Maoris. All countries show a decline over a period of years. Scotland, however, has shown only a slow rate of decline and from a relatively favourable position in