§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of deliveries by midwives in births where a doctor was booked but not present in each of the London boroughs in the year 1970.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information requested is as follows:
London Boroughs Domiciliary Confinements, 1970 Number where doctor was booked but not present at delivery Barking 271 Barnet 113 Bexley 440 Brent 130 Bromley 370 Camden 23 Croydon 900 Ealing 260 Enfield 515 Greenwich 382 Hackney 200 Hammersmith 25 Haringey 267 Harrow 246 Havering 469 Hillingdon 662 Hounslow 273 Islington 109 Kensington and Chelsea 15 Kingston-upon-Thames 74 Lambeth 222 Lewisham 359 Merton 127 Newham 307 Redbridge 364 Richmond-on-Thames 225 Southwark 154 Sutton Nil Tower Hamlets 171 Waltham Forest 605 Wandsworth 250 Westminster 34 City of London Nil Total London Boroughs 8,562