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Mortality Statistics

Volume 103: debated on Tuesday 5 March 1918

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asked the President of the Local Government Board (1) if he can state the number of mothers who die for every thousand of infants born in Dewsbury, Rochdale, Huddersfield, Blackburn, Poplar, Shoreditch, West Ham, and many Welsh counties; (2) if he can state the number of deaths of infants under one month per thousand births in Workington, Blyth, Batley, Todmorden, Watford, Dewsbury, Hornsey, Penge, Reigate, and Holborn; and (3) if he can state the number of infants who die in seven days after birth in Durham, Northumberland, Hereford, and Kent?

The latest figures available are those published in three Reports of the Board's medical officer on maternal, infant, and child mortality in England and Wales, and with my hon. Friend's permission I will circulate the answers to these questions with the OFFICIAL REPORT.

The following are the figures referred to:—

Reply to Question(1):

The figures for the period 1911–14 are:
Area.Deaths from Child-bearing per 1,000 births.
County Boroughs of—
Dewsbury8.54
Rochdale7.21
Blackburn6.55
Huddersfield6.07
Metropolitan Boroughs of—
Poplar2.95
Shoreditch2.62
County Borough of—
West Ham2.20
Counties of—
Merioneth8.69
Cardigan8.40
Anglesey7.59
Brecknock6.75
Pembroke6.55
Carmarthen6.52
Carnarvon6.02
Denbigh575
Glamorgan5.50
Monmouth5.32
Montgomery4.85
Flint4.75
Radnor4.51

Reply to Question (2):

The figures for 1907–10 are:
Area.Deaths of Infants under one mouth per 1,000 births.
Workington Borough61.0
Blyth Urban District58.0
Batley Borough57.7
Dewsbury County Borough56.7
Todmorden Borough54.7
Holborn Metropolitan Borough28.0
Reigate Borough27.9
Penge Urban District27.2
Hornsey Borough27.1
Watford Urban District25.9

Reply to Question (3):

The figures for 1908 are:
County.Deaths of Infants under one week per 1,000 births.
Durham33.8
Northumberland32.7
Hereford18.2
Kent18.4