§ Mr. Huntasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the incidence of (1) birth wastage (stillbirths and infant mortality under one year) per 1,000 births and (2) of perinatal mortality (stillbirths and infant mortality under one week) per 1,000 births in England and Wales for each of the years 1953 to 1972, inclusive.
§ Sir K. JosephFollowing are the figures:
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ENGLAND AND WALES Year (1) Birth wastage per 1,000 births (2) Perinatal mortality per 1,000 births 1953 49 37 1954 48 38 1955 47 37 1956 46 37 1957 45 36 1958 44 35 1959 43 34 1960 41 33 1961 40 32 1962 39 31 1963 38 29 1964 36 28 1965 34 27 1966 34 26 1967 33 25 1968 32 25 1969 31 23 1970 31 23 1971 30 22 1972 29 22
§ Mr. Huntasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the incidence of premature births (births under 2,500g) per 1,000 births, per 100 live births, and per 1,000 stillbirths in England and Wales for each of the years 1953 to 1972, inclusive.
§ Sir K. JosephFollowing are the figures:
ENGLAND AND WALES Year Premature births per 1000 births Premature births per 1000 livebirths Premature births per 1000 stillbirths 1953 8 8 337 1954 8 8 335 1955 8 8 342 1956 8 8 340 1957 8 8 355 1958 8 8 365 1959 8 8 369 1960 8 8 386 1961 8 8 402 1962 8 8 417 1963 7 8 432 1964 7 7 440 1965 7 7 452 1966 7 7 475 1967 7 7 488 1968 7 7 515 1969 7 7 560 1970 8 8 577 1971 7 7 562 1972 7 7 604
§ Mr. Huntasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the incidence of (a) neonatal mortality (infant mortality under four weeks) and (b) infant mortality (under one year) per 1,000 live births, per 1,000 premature live births and per 1,000 other live births in each case, in England and Wales for each of the years 1953 to 1972, inclusive.
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§ Sir K. JosephFollowing are the figures:
ENGLAND AND WALES (a) Neonatal Mortality (b) Infant Mortality under One Year Year Per 1,000 live births Per 1,000 premature live births Per 1,000 other live births Per 1,000 live births Per 1,000 premature live births Per 1,000 other live births 1953 … 18 266 19 27 403 29 1954 … 18 259 19 25 373 27 1955 … 17 250 19 25 360 27 1956 … 17 248 18 24 348 25 1957 … 16 237 18 23 333 25 1958 … 16 236 17 23 329 24 1959 … 16 236 17 22 330 24 1960 … 16 231 17 22 325 23 1961 … 15 228 16 21 318 23 1962 … 15 226 16 22 325 23 1963 … 14 217 15 21 321 23 1964 … 14 217 15 20 312 21 1965 … 13 204 14 19 299 20 1966 … 13 198 14 19 292 20 1967 … 13 194 13 18 284 20 1968 … 12 187 13 18 276 20 1969 … 12 180 13 18 269 19 1970 … 12 181 13 18 267 20 1971 … 12 183 12 18 275 19 1972 … 12 175 12 17 261 18
§ Mr. Huntasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the incidence of stillbirths per 1,000 births, per 1,000 premature births, and per 1,000 other births in England and Wales for each of the years 1953 to 1972, inclusive.
§ Sir K. JosephFollowing are the figures:
ENGLAND AND WALES Year Stillbirths per 1,000 births Stillbirths per 1,000 premature births Stillbirths per 1,000 other births 1953 22 297 24 1954 23 299 25 1955 23 292 25 1956 23 294 25 1957 22 282 24 1958 22 274 23 1959 21 271 23 1960 20 259 21 1961 19 249 21 1962 18 240 20 1963 17 232 19 1964 16 227 18 1965 16 221 17 1966 15 210 17 1967 15 205 16 1968 14 194 15 1969 13 179 14 1970 13 173 14 1971 12 178 13 1972 12 166 13