HC Deb 27 March 1969 vol 780 c363W
Mr. Brooks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the

NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES OF LIVE BIRTHS NOTIFIED WITH MONGOLISM
(Percentages shown, where available, in brackets)
1964 1965 1966 1967 1964–67 total 1968
England and Wales … … 625 538 584 594 2,341 592
(0.07) (0.06) (0.07) (0.07) (0.07) (0.07)
Birkenhead C.B … … — — 1 1 2 2
(0.04) (0.04) (0.02)
Wallasey C.B … … 2 1 2 — 5 2
(0.1) (0.05) (0.1) (0.07)
Chester C.B. … … 3 — 1 1 5 —
(0.3) (0.09) (0.09) (0.1)
Cheshire Admin. County … 18 16 18 12 64 22
(0.1) (0.09) (0.1) (0.07) (0.09)

Notes:

(1) 1968 denominators for the individual areas are not yet available.

(2) The figures are so small that variations in the percentages calculated from them are of little significance.