HC Deb 14 March 1972 vol 833 cc78-9W
82. Mr. Alexander Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of maternity cases con fined in hospital and at home affecting mothers from the Hamilton constituency.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Information in this form is not readily available centrally, but in 1970 for Hamilton Burgh there were 859 births in hospital and 20 at home, and in the landward area of Lanarkshire 5,591 in hospital and 46 at home.