Table 2.

Number of stillbirths recorded in Scotland under the principal causal groups, 1939–45

	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Unknown	362	242	163	164	243	175	126
Ill-defined	901	993	592	426	431	367	366
incl. asphyxia	341	362	157	56	65	64	62
incl. prematurity	286	355	160	142	127	91	85
Disease in or accident to the mother	941	963	1,044	1,055	922	810	751
Anomalies of foetus, placenta, or cord	712	745	840	887	856	852	821
Death of foetus by injury or other cause	916	856	1,059	1,070	1,042	1,017	885
Total	3,832	3,799	3,698	3,602	3,494	3,221	2,949

Source:Annual Reports of the Registrar-General for Scotland, 1939–45.