HC Deb 07 February 1955 vol 536 c171W
71. Mr. Higgs

asked the Minister of Health in which maternity hospitals in Worcestershire and Birmingham, mothers living in Redditch were confined during 1953 and 1954, respectively; and how many were confined in each hospital.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The information is as follows:

Numbers confined
1953 1954
Maternity hospitals in Worcestershire at which mothers living in Redditch were confined—
Avonside, Evesham 52 84
All Saints, Bromsgrove 35 56
Ronkswood, Worcester 5 6
Redditch Maternity Home 137 74(estimated)
229 220
1953 1954
Mothers living in Redditch who were confined in Birmingham hospitals 45 43

Separate figures for individual hospitals in Birmingham are not readily available.