§ Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Minister of Health whether he can state the maternal mortality rate for each of the administrative counties and county boroughs in Wales for the year 1936, and the corresponding rate for England and Wales as a whole?
§ Sir K. WoodThe following table gives the information requested by the hon. Member:
Maternal Mortality Deaths for 1936 per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. Puerperal Sepsis. Other Puerperal Causes. England and Wales 1.34 2.31 Cardiff C.B. 2.55 1.13 Merthyr Tydfil C.B. 1.02 — Newport C.B. 0.59 1.77 Swansea C.B. 2.22 4.44 Administrative Counties: Anglesey 1.30 5.20 Brecknock 1.25 4.99 Caernarvon 2.38 4.17 Cardigan 1.48 7.42 Carmarthen 1.54 5.01 Denbigh 0.83 2.91 Flint 2.04 3.58 Glamorgan 2.42 2.92 Merioneth — 1.82 Monmouth 2.96 3.52 Montgomery — 1.43 Pembroke 2.25 1.50 Radnor — 3.07