HC Deb 21 July 1975 vol 896 c87W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the value of drugs prescribed under the National Health Service by chemists in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.

Dr. Owen

The costs of drugs dispensed by chemists under the National Health Service in England in the last five years were:

£ million
1970 122.5
1971 136.6
1972 154.6
1973 170.5
1974 203.7

DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
Neo-natal
Aged under four weeks Post-neo-natal Aged four weeks and under one year
1950 1973 1950 1973
Great Britain 19.06 11.29 11.83 5.80
Standard regions (1973) of England:
North 20.83 11.57 17.24 6.10
Yorkshire and Humberside 19.38 12.07 13.32 6.62
North West 20.31 12.56 14.48 6.91
East Midlands 19.21 10.55 11.86 5.36
West Midlands 19.46 12.75 12.07 6.39
East Anglia 15.77 9.34 8.53 4.41
South East 16.11 10.32 7.88 5.03
South West 18.44 9.81 8.03 5.12