§ 39. Dr. MARION PHILLIPSasked the Minister of Health how many local authorities have now replied to his circular on maternal mortality, issued in December, 1930; how many of these propose to make improvements in their services; which local authorities propose to make no improvements; which local authorities have not yet replied; and what are the latest figures of maternal mortality in areas which make no proposals for improved services or have sent no replies to the circular?
§ Mr. GREENWOODAs the answer contains the names of a large number of local authorities, I will, with my hon. Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ One hundred and thirty-nine local authorities have now replied to this circular and of these 102 propose to make improvements in their maternity services, while 13 state that the circular is still under consideration. I am sending a further communication to those authorities who have not yet replied to the circular.
§ The following authorities do not propose at present to extend their maternity services:—Berks., Flintshire and West Suffolk County Councils; Chepping Wycombe, Colchester, Cowbridge, Eastbourne, Hereford, Hove, Lytham St. Annes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Sutton Coldfield, Thornaby-on-Tees and Wallsend Borough Councils; Kensington and Westminster Metropolitan Borough Councils; Aberdare, Barking Town, Barry, Northfleet, Stone and Tettenhall Urban District Councils; Tonbridge Eural District Council.
§ The following authorities have not yet replied to the circular:
§ County Councils:—Anglesey, Bedford, Bucks., Cambridge, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Dorset, Durham, Glamorgan, Gloucester, Hereford, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lincs. (Holland), Lincs. 2257 (Lindsey), Middlesex, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Oxford, Soke of Peterborough, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Southampton, Stafford, Surrey, Sussex (East), Sussex (West), Westmorland, Wight (Isle of), Worcester, Yorks. (East Riding), Yorks. (North Riding), Yorks. (West Riding).
§ Borough Councils:—Accrington, Ash-ton-under-Lyne, Aldershot, Bacup, Banbury, Barnsley, Barrow-in-Furness, Bath, Batley, Bedford, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Blackpool, Blyth, Bolton, Boston, Bournemouth, Bradford, Bridlington, Brighouse, Brighton, Bristol, Bromley, Burton-on- Trent, Bury, Bury St. Edmunds, Buxton, Cambridge, Chatham, Chelmsford, Chesterfield, Clitheroe, Colne, Crewe, Croydon, Darlington, Darwen, Derby, Dewsbury, Dover, Dudley, Ealing, Exeter, Falmouth, Folkestone, Gateshead, Gillingham, Grantham, Gravesend, Great Yarmouth, Grimsby, Guildford, Halifax, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Harwich, Haslingden, Hastings, Heywood, Hornsey, Hyde, Ilford, Ilkeston, Ipswich, Jarrow, Keighley, Kendal, Kidderminster, King's Lynn, Kingston-upon-Hull, Kingston-on-Thames, Lancaster, Launceston, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Llanelly, Loughborough, Lowestoft, Maidenhead, Maidstone, Manchester, Mansfield, Margate, Middlesbrough, Middleton, Morley, Neath, Nelson, Newark, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nottingham, Nuneaton, Oldham, Ossett, Penzance, Peterborough, Pontefract, Poole, Portsmouth, Port Talbot, Preston, Pudsey, Rawtenstall, Reigate, Richmond (Surrey), Richmond (Yorks.), Rochdale, Rochester, Rotherham, Royal Leamington Spa, Ryde, St. Helens, Salford, Salisbury, Scarborough, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Smethwick, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Southport, South Shields, Stafford, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Swindon, Todmorden, Torquay, Twickenham, Wakefield, Worcester, Wallasey, Walthamstow, Walsall, Warrington, Watford, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, West Ham, West Hartlepool, Weymouth, Whitehaven, Widnes, Wigan, Wolverhampton, Workington, Worthing, Yeovil.
§ Metropolitan Borough Councils:—Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Deptford, Fulham, Greenwich, Hampstead, 2258 Holborn, Islington, Lewisham, Paddington, St. Marylebone, Southwark, Wandsworth.
§ Urban District Councils:—Altrincham, Amblecote and Brierley Hill Joint Committee, Ashford, Ashington, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bebington and Bromborough, Beddington and Wallington, Bedlington-shire, Bilston, Bolton-on-Dearne, Brentford and Chiswick, Bridgend, Brierfield, Buckhurst Hill, Caerphilly, Cannock, Castleford, Chadderton, Clacton, Cray-ford, Dagenham, Darlaston, Denton, Dartford, Ellesmere Port and Whitby, Failsworth, Farnworth, Featherstone, Finchley, Glyncorrwg, Golborne, Goole, Gosforth, Great Harwood, Hale, Hampton, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Heck-mondwike, Hendon, Hexham, Heston, and Isleworth, Hindley, Horwich, Ilkley, Ince in Makerfield, Kettering, Kirby in Ashfield, Knutsford, Leek, Llwehwr, Longbenton, Loughton, Maesteg, Mansfield - Woodhouse, Market Harborough, Merton and Morden, Mex-borough, Mountain Ash, Newburn, Northwich, Ogmore and Garw, Oldbury, Penarth, Penge, Porthcawl, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Romford, Royton, Seven-oaks, Sheerness, Sittingbourne and Milton Joint Committee, Southgate, Swinton and Pendlebury, Teddington, Tottenham, Tyldesley with Shakerley, Upholland, Wanstead, Waltham Holy Cross, Waterloo-with-Seaforth, Weald-stone, Wembley, Weston-super-Mare, Whitby, Willesden, Winsford, Wolstanton United, Wombwell, Woodford, Worksop.
§ Rural District Councils:—Cardiff, Chelmsford, Dartford, Gower, Hems-worth, Lexden and Winstree, Lichfield, Orsett, Penybont.
§ As regards the last part of the question, the only available figures as to maternal mortality are published in the Registrar-General's Statistical Review which gives the figures for each county and county borough.