The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
20.
Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest information about the rates of infant and perinatal mortality in the South East Thames region.
Mr. Sackville
The infant and perinatal mortality rates for the South East Thames regional health authority for 19921 are given in the table.
| South East Thames RHA | Nationally | |
| Infant mortality rate 1,000 live births | 6·4 | 6·6 |
| Perinatal mortality per 1,000 total births | 8·2 | 7·6 |
| 1 Details supplied by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys | ||