§ 73. Mr. THOMAS HENDERSONasked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether he can state the death rate in the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen of children from one to five years of age, and the corresponding death rate in the rest of Scotland, for the years 1923–24 and 1924–25?
§ Captain ELLIOT (Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health, Scotland)As the answer involves a tabular statement, I propose, with the hon. Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ Statistics for the financial years referred to in the question are not available, but for the calendar years 1923 and 1924, respectively, the death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population of 1825 children aged over one year but under five years is as follows:
| 1923. | 1924. | ||
| Glasgow | … | 21˙4 | 28˙5 |
| Edinburgh | … | 17˙3 | 19˙7 |
| Dundee | … | 25˙3 | 30˙5 |
| Aberdeen | … | 14˙8 | 19˙5 |
| Rest of Scotland | … | 10˙2 | 14˙1 |