HC Deb 27 February 1973 vol 851 c324W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the rate of infant mortality in the United Kingdom in the two most recent years for which figures are available.

Mr. Alison

Deaths of infants under one year of age per thousand live births in the United Kingdom were 17.9 in 1971 and 17.5 provisional), in 1972.