§ Sir W. JENKINSasked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of deaths of children under five years of age per 1,000 of the population and the number of deaths of women in childbirth per 1,000 of the population in the Neath borough council area, Neath rural council area, and Pontardawe rural district council area for 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, and the latest date available for 1936, respectively?
§ Sir K. WOODFollowing is the information:
The mortality of children under five per 1,000 living for the whole of England and Wales is as follows:
1931 19.9 1932 19.0 1933 17.9 1934 17.5 1935 16.1 Separate figures for individual areas are not available.
The deaths classified to pregnancy and childbearing in the three areas mentioned are as follow: 1871W
— Neath M.B. Neath R.D. Pontardawe R.D. No. of Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Population. Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births. No. of Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Population. Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births. No. of Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Population. Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births. 1931 … 1 0.03 1.89 1 0.02 1.43 3 0.08 5.14 1932 … 2 0.06 3.58 6 0.15 8.50 4 0.11 6.74 1933 … 2 0.06 4.34 4 0.10 5.88 3 0.08 5.83 1934 … 2 0.06 3.82 5 0.12 6.59 6 0.17 10.89 1935 … 6 0.18 11.21 6 0.15 9.05 4 0.11 7.78 The rates per 1,000 live and still births have been given as well as the rates per 1,000 of the population, as the rates are not normally calculated in the latter form.