HC Deb 18 February 1930 vol 235 cc1170-1W
Dr. MORGAN

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will issue a tabulated statement giving the infantile mortality rate in the different islands of the West Indies for

RETURN showing Infantile Mortality Rate in the Different Islands of the British West Indies for the period 1924 to 1928.
— Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births.
1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928.
Barbadoes … 298 312 314 201 331
Jamaica … 161 173 168 173 157
Turks and Caicos Islands … * * * 281 103
Trinidad and Tobago … 124 134 142 120 129
Windward Islands:
Grenada … 111 116 137 104 110
St. Lucia … 125 106 112 131 125
St. Vincent … 99 115 125 112 133
Leeward Islands:
Antigua … 249 144 134 128 181
Dominica … 123 135 150 135 134
Montserrat … 147 260 139 92 135
St. Kitts … 202 229 258 180 *
Nevis … 284 175 155 89 *
Anguilla … 85 90 169 105 *
Virgin Islands … 159 106 110 156 *
Bermuda … 103 92 122 87 102
*Information not available.
There is no information available regarding Infantile Mortality in the case of Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.