§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was 291W the rate of infant deaths under one year per 1,000 live births in England in each regional health authority for which figures are available;
(2) what was the perinatal mortality rate in England in each regional health authority and in each area health authority at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe rates for 1975 are as follows:
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Health authority Perinatal mortality Infant mortality Region and Area Stillbirths and deaths under 1 week of age per 1,000 total births Deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births NORTHERN 20 15 Cleveland 20 Cumbria 21 Durham 19 Northumberland 21 Gateshead 24 Newcastle upon Tyne 15 Northern Tyneside 15 Southern Tyneside 20 Sunderland 21 YORKSHIRE 22 18 Bradford 22 Calderdale 19 Humberside 22 Kirklees 24 Leeds 19 North Yorkshire 19 Wakefield 28 TRENT 19 16 Barnsley 17 Derbyshire 19 Doncaster 22 Leicestershire 19 Lincolnshire 17 Nottinghamshire 19 Rotherham 17 Sheffield 19 EAST ANGLIAN 16 15 Cambridgeshire 17 Norfolk 16 Suffolk 15 NORTH WEST THAMES 18 15 Barnet 16 Bedfordshire 18 Brent and Harrow 20 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 21 Hertfordshire 17 Hillingdon 23 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 14 NORTH EAST THAMES 18 15 Barking and Havering 17 Camden and Islington 19 City and East London 20 Enfield and Haringey 18 Essex 17 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 20
SOUTH EAST THAMES 19 16 Bromley 18 East Sussex 18 Greenwich and Bexley 19 Kent 19 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 21 SOUTH WEST THAMES 18 15 Croydon 20 Kingston and Richmond 18 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 19 Surrey 17 West Sussex 17 WESSEX 17 15 Dorset 17 Hampshire 18 Isle of Wight 12 Wiltshire 17 OXFORD 16 13 Berkshire 15 Buckinghamshire 17 Northamptonshire 16 Oxfordshire 14 SOUTH WESTERN 17 14 Avon 18 Cornwall (and Scilly) 16 Devon 15 Gloucestershire 19 Somerset 16 WEST MIDLANDS 22 17 Birmingham 23 Coventry 19 Dudley 23 Hereford and Worcester 18 Salop 15 Sandwell 25 Solihull 17 Staffordshire 22 Walsall 23 Warwickshire 21 Wolverhampton 33 MERSEY 22 16 Cheshire 21 Liverpool 23 St. Helens and Knowsley 23 Sefton 20 Wirral 23 NORTH WESTERN 22 18 Bolton 26 Bury 19 Lancashire 21 Manchester 24 Oldham 20 Rochdale 22 Salford 28 Stockport 21 Tameside 22 Trafford 19 Wigan 20