(South Tipperary) asked the Minister for Health (a) the annual birth rate from 1955 to the latest available year, and (b) the number of maternity deliveries conducted annually by dispensary doctors from 1955 to the latest available year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Birth Rate.
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The information requested in the first part of the question is in the form of a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I shall circulate with the Official Report.
I regret that I am not in a position to supply the information requested in the second part of the question.
Following is the table referred to:
The birth rate, that is, the number of births expressed as a proportion of each 1,000 of the population, from 1955 to 1962, is as follows:
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Year |
Birth Rate |
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1955 |
21.10 |
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1956 |
20.96 |
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1957 |
21.23 |
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1958 |
20.86 |
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1959 |
21.15 |
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1960 |
21.46 |
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1961 |
21.23 |
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1962 |
21.92 |