HC Deb 16 July 1923 vol 166 c1876
68. Mr. W. THORNE

asked the Minister of Health the number of children who died before the age of 12 months in the London County Council area, Glasgow, West Ham, and Stoke-on-Trent during the year ending March, 1922?

Lord E. PERCY

The figures asked for in the question as regards London are 8,334, Glasgow 3,644, West Ham 705, and Stoke-on-Trent 978. The corresponding infant death rates per 1,000 births for London, West Ham and Stoke-on-Trent were 82, 83 and 138 respectively.