Infant Mortality, Mossley

HC Deb 25 March 1949 vol 463 cc73-4W

Mr. Rhodes

asked the Minister of Health what was the infant mortality rate in the Borough of Mossley, Lancashire, in each of the years 1921 to 1939, inclusive; and give comparable figures for the year 1945 to 1948, inclusive.

Mr. Bevan

The particulars requested, so far as available, are as follow:

Borough of Mossley (Lancs.): Infant Mortality Rates
Year	Rate*	Year	Rate*	Year	Rate*
1921	…	116	1929	…	76	1937	…	47
1922	…	66	1930	…	49	1938	…	71
1923	…	85	1931	…	56	1939	…	53
1924	…	74	1932	…	66	1945	…	76
1925	…	37	1933	…	71	1946	…	40
1926	…	78	1934	…	69	1947	…	38
1927	…	39	1935	…	99	1948	…	Not available
1928	…	103	1936	…	77
* Per 1,000 births registered in the year.