§ 16. Sir H. Williamsasked the Minister of Health why table 26 of the Annual Abstract of Statistics does not include the infantile mortality rates for 1952, despite the fact that the Central Statistical Office signed the document on 10th September, 1953.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 26th November last.
§ Sir H. WilliamsCould not my right hon. Friend give the figures for 1952 in a document published late in 1953?
§ Mr. MacleodAs far as the figures are concerned the figure in 1952 was 276, which, I am happy to say, is easily the record low figure for the country.
§ Sir H. WilliamsDoes my right hon. Friend know that Croydon has the record low figure for the whole of the boroughs in Great Britain?
§ 17. Sir H. Williamsasked the Minister of Health if he will arrange for tables 35 and 36 of the Annual Abstract of Statistics to be amalgamated so that it will be possible to observe the analysis of deaths by cause for a substantial period of years in one table.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThere have been difficulties in amalgamating these tables because of changes in classification, but the possibility of amalgamating them in future will be further examined.