§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, for each year since 1970, the number of births that have taken place in Plymouth and other Devon hospitals and maternity homes of parents whose permanent residence is in Cornwall; and how many of these were considered to be acute or difficult cases.
§ Dr. OwenThe numbers of births occurring in Plymouth and other Devon hospitals and maternity homes to mothers usually resident in Cornwall are as follows:
Plymouth Elsewhere in Devon 1970 758 79 1971 796 88 1972 888 73 1973 913 100 1974 819 86 It is not known how many of these were "acute" or "difficult" cases.
§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each year since 1970 the number of births that took place in ambulances conveying expectant mothers resident in Cornwall to Plymouth and other Devon hospitals and maternity homes.
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§ Dr. OwenSpecific information on the number of births taking place in ambulances is not available centrally. However, the numbers of births recorded as taking place on route to Plymouth and other Devon hospitals and maternity homes to mothers usually resident in Cornwall are as follows:
1970 1 1971 3 1972 3 1973 3 1974 4 All but one of these births took place on route to Plymouth.