§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the
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Health board area Live births Stillbirths Deaths under 1 week Deaths under 1 year Perinatal mortality per 1,000 births—live and still* Infant mortality per 1,000 live births† Highland … … 2,748 14 10 29 9 11 Orkney … … … 254 — 1 2 4 8 Shetland … … … 348 2 2 2 11 6 Western Isles … … 417 5 2 6 17 14 Grampian … … 6,076 60 42 70 17 12 Tayside … … … 4,528 32 25 57 13 13 Fife … … … 4,295 31 33 53 15 12 Lothian … … … 8,602 70 74 120 17 14 Borders … … … 1,081 7 4 7 10 6 Forth Valley … … 3,438 19 28 43 14 13 Argyll and Clyde … 5,863 38 42 74 14 13 Greater Glasgow … 12,370 121 83 168 16 14 Lanarkshire … … 7,839 73 66 104 18 13 Ayrshire and Arran … 4,825 37 52 75 18 16 Dumfries and Galloway 1,611 15 11 20 16 12 Scotland … … … 64,295 524 475 830 15 13 * Stillbirths and deaths in first week of life. † Deaths in first year of life. Official Report the name, address, and the date of the first appointment of each member to the Fife health board.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe membership of the Fife health board is as follows:
number of stillbirths, live births, first-week deaths, first-year deaths and the perinatal and infant mortality rates for Scotland and each health board in 1978.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe figures are given in the table below: