HC Deb 01 July 1914 vol 64 c369
80. Mr. PIKE PEASE

asked the President of the Local Government Board the rates of infant mortality and of still-births for the United Kingdom in 1913?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

The rate of infant mortality in the United Kingdom in 1913 was 108 deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births registered. The proportion of still-births cannot be stated as these are not registrable, and information in regard to them is obtainable only for areas which have adopted the Notification of Births Act, 1907. These areas do not in all cases tabulate the information they obtain, but it may be stated that during 1912 the still-births notified under this Act in the county of London numbered 2,593. This number amounts to 2.4 per cent. of the total births notified, and to 0.57 per 1,000 of the estimated population at the middle of the year.

Mr. PIKE PEASE

Has the right hon. Gentleman's attention been called to the statement of the Lord Chancellor in regard to this question the other day?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

I do not think my Noble Friend was referring to still-births; he was referring to ante-Natal subjects.