§ Mr. TURNERasked the Minister of Health if his Department are taking any special steps to develop maternity and child-welfare clinics so as to cope with and help to reduce the death roll of 10 per day occurring amongst women during pregnancy and child-birth?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am well aware of the continued high rate of maternal mortality associated with child-birth, and under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act I am endeavouring to encourage the establishment and development of maternity and midwifery services (including ante-natal centres, maternity hospitals and the provision of midwives). I hope that by such means the present death rate will be progressively and substantially reduced.