HC Deb 18 June 1928 vol 218 cc1429-31W
Mr. TASKER

asked the Minister of Health the percentage of deaths of mothers at childbirth where doctors attend the birth of children with uncertificated midwives in attendance; and what is the percentage of deaths of mothers at childbirth when attended by certificated midwives only?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

No complete statistics are available on these points. As regards the last part of the question, I may refer the hon. Member to page 42 of the recent Report issued by my Department on the "Protection of Motherhood," on which is a summary of the results of an analysis of the midwifery work of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute over a period of years.