HC Deb 04 May 1937 vol 323 c987W
Mr. G. Griffiths

asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of deaths in childbirth for 1936, and the number of deaths arising out of childbirth for 1936?

Mr. R. S. Hudson

For 1936 the deaths classified to Pregnancy and Childbearing were 2,302, while the deaths not classified to those causes but returned as associated therewith were 677. These figures relate to England and Wales, and are provisional.