HC Deb 29 February 1972 vol 832 c80W
Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will hive the numbers of institutional confinements in the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board area over each of the past six years; and if he will give comparable figures for home confinements.

Mr. Alison

Information about confinements is not available in the form requested. Information about births is given in the table below.

LIVE AND STILLBIRTHS IN THE SHEFFIELD REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD AREA
Hospital births Domiciliary births
Year Number Percentage Number Percentage
1965 55,825 65.9 28,924 34.1
1966 57,553 68.5 26,375 31.5
1967 59,503 71.9 23,295 28.1
1968 62,152 75.2 20,469 24.8
1969 63,458 79.2 16,621 20.8
1970 64,754 82.4 13,807 17.6

NOTES:

Hospital births includes births in non-National Health Service hospitals.

Domiciliary births include all non-hospital births.