§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the names of the 10 local authorities in Scotland with the highest infantile mortality rates for each of the last two quinquennial periods for which statistics are available, showing also the corresponding national figures for the same periods?
§ Mr. ElliotThe 10 public health areas (i.e., counties and large burghs) with the highest infant mortality rates for the quinquennial period 1931–35 and the decennial period 1921–30, together with the corresponding rates for Scotland, are shown in the following table. Similar figures for the quinquennial period 1926–30 are not readily available.
Infant Mortality Rates. 1931–1935. 1921–1930. Per thousand. Per thousand. Scotland. 81 Scotland 89 Glasgow Burgh. 102 Dundee Burgh 112 Coatbridge Burgh 102 Glasgow Burgh 106 Greenock Burgh 98 Aberdeen Burgh 105 Dumfries Burgh 93 Coatbridge Burgh. 105 Paisley Burgh 91 Hamilton Burgh 87 Greenock Burgh 105 Aberdeen Burgh 86 Paisley Burgh 101 Port-Glasgow Burgh. 86 Dumfries Burgh 100 Stirling Burgh 95 Airdrie Burgh 85 Kilmarnock Burgh. 94 Clackmannan County. 85 Port-Glasgow Burgh. 93