HC Deb 22 May 1928 vol 217 cc1693-4
78. Mr. THURTLE

asked the Minister of Health according to the latest figures available, the birth-rate per 1,000 in the boroughs of Hampstead, Chelsea and Shoreditch, respectively?

Sir K. WOOD

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 25th ultimo to a question by the hon. Member for South Kensington (Sir W. Davison).

Mr. THURTLE

Was that question similar to my question?

Sir K. WOOD

I should not like to say that the two questions are exactly similar, but I think the answer will be found to contain the information which the hon. Member desires.

79. Mr. THURTLE

asked the Minister of Health if he is in a position to give the number of deaths per 1,000 of population which have occurred under the head of maternal mortality during the last available period in the boroughs of Hampstead, Chelsea and Shoreditch, respectively?

Sir K. WOOD

The provisional numbers of deaths classified as clue to childbirth for the Metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Chelsea and Shoreditch in 1927 amounted respectively to rates of .058,.047 and.038 per 1,000 of the population of those boroughs. The corresponding rates, according to the more usual calculation per 1,000 live births, were 4.86, 3.50 and 1.83 respectively.