§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Health the infantile mortality rates for London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Moscow for the last year for which statistics are available?
Sir H. YOUNGThe latest year for which comparative statistics are available for all these cities is 1929. The infantile mortality rates (number of deaths under one year per 1,000 live births) in that year were as follow:
London … … … 71 New York … … … 59 Chicago … … … 60 Paris … … … 101 Berlin … … … 86 Vienna … … … 79 Moscow … … … 129 These figures are given in the League of Nations publication, "Statistics of Notifiable Diseases, 1929."