§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest figures for stillbirths, infant mortality, neonatal mortality and perinatal mortality per 1,000 live and stillbirths in the North-West Region and England and Wales as a whole, respectively.
§ Mr. MoyleMortality rates for 1976 are as follows:
North-Western Regional Health Authority England and Wales Stillbirths, per 1,000 total births 9.8 9.7 Infant, deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births 15.7 14.2 Neo-natal, deaths under four weeks of age per 1,000 live births 10.6 9.7 Peri-natal, stillbirths and deaths under one week of age per 1,000 total births 18.7 17.7