HC Deb 02 August 1923 vol 167 c1757W
Mr. WARNE

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Weetslade urban district council, Northumberland, is appointing an unqualified man to the office of sanitary inspector; whether such appointment has been approved by him; and what action he proposes to take in the circumstances?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I am aware of this appointment, since I refused to approve it on submission to me. The

DEATH OF WOMEN ASSIGNED TO PREGNANCY OR CHILDBIRTH.
England and Wales.* Holland.† Italy. Japan. Switzerland. Sweden.
Deaths per million living. Deaths per 1000 Births. Deaths per million living. Deaths per 1000 Births. Deaths per million living. Deaths per 1000 Births. Deaths per million living. Deaths per 1000 Births. Deaths per million living. Deaths per 1000 Births. Deaths per million living. Deaths per 1000 Births.
1861–70 341 4.70
1871–80 350 4.72
1881–90 318 4.73
1891–1900 301 5.09
1901–10 206 4.01
1913 185 3.96 53 2.28
1914 192 4.17 75 2.41 58 2.60
1915 176 4.18 120 63 2.90
1916 166 4.12 134 2.58 59 2.45 64 3.37 56 2.66
1917 132 3.89 131 2.53 56 2.86 120 3.59 44 2.42 51 2.46
1918 127 3.79 147 3.00 49 2.62
1919 154 4.37 161 3.35 60 3.19
1920 210 4.33 62 2.93
1921 168 3.91
1922 149 3.81
* Prior to 1911 Puerperal Nephritis and Albuminuria were not classed to Pregnancy and Childbirth, and consequently the rates shown from 1913 onwards are from .22 to .25 in excess of what they would have been under the old classification.
† The number of deaths per million living in Holland for 1911–15 (inclusive) was 126.
The number of deaths per million living in Denmark in 1920 was 60 and the number per thousand births was 2.35.