§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will set out in tabular form the infant mortality rate for the whole of England for the past ten years, and for Stoke-on-Trent, Shef-
INFANT MORTALITY RATES PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, 1951 TO 1960 Area 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 ENGLAND 29.4 27.2 26.5 25.1 24.5 Stoke-on-Trent CB 33.5 28.1 28.5 33.1 30.9 Salford CB 34.5 34.5 32.7 30.2 30.0 Sheffield CB 30.3 23.7 25.6 23.8 23.6 † Areas with the lowest rates Croydon CB 19.1 Croydon CB 19.6 Harrow UD 16.9 Harrow UD 16.8 Harrow MB 17.0 Bristol CB 20.4 Bristol CB 21.5 Croydon CB 20.5 Croydon CB 19.5 Bristol CB 19.1 Harrow UD 21.8 Harrow UD 21.9 Brsitol CB 21.8 Bristol CB 20.7 Croydon CB 20.5 160W
Area 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 ENGLAND 23.3 22.8 22.3 22.0 21.6 Stoke-on-Trent CB 26.6 29.2 26.6 20.9 24.8 Salford CB 29.2 29.2 29.1 24.5 26.6 Sheffield CB 23.7 20.4 20.9 17.0 19.9 † Areas with the lowest rates Plymouth CB 17.5 Harrow MB 14.0 Harrow MB 17.0 Harrow MB 15.2 Portsmouth CB 15.7 Croydon CB 18.6 Leicester CB 17.7 Croydon CB 17.9 Sheffield CB 17.0 Harrow MB 18.5 Bristol CB 19.3 Croydon CB 18.0 Plymouth CB 20.0 Bristol CB 19.6 Bristol CB 19.8 * Provisional figures. † The comparisons have been limited to county boroughs, municipal boroughs, and urban districts with populations of 200,000 and over. Corresponding figures for the first part of 1961 are not available Manchester, Bournemouth, Eastbourne and Brighton.
§ Miss PittThe figures are as follows:
field, respectively; what were the three lowest rates for towns with similar populations; and what are the figures for 1961 up to the latest dates for the same areas, respectively.