§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the infant mortality rate for each area health authority in England in 1975.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe provisional rates for 1975 are as follows:
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INFANT MORTALITY Health Authority Region and Area Deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births NORTHERN 15 Cleveland 16 Cumbria. 16 Durham 16 Northumberland 12 Gateshead 17 Newcastle upon Tyne 12 Northern Tyneside 12 Southern Tyneside 13 Sunderland 15 Y'ORKSHIRE 18 Bradford 17 Calderdale 18 Humberside 17 Kirklees 21 Leeds 17 North Yorkshire 17 Wakefield 23 TRENT 16 Barnsley 13 Derbyshire 15 Doncaster 21 Leicestershire 15 Lincolnshire 13 Nottinghamshire 18 Rotherham 14 Sheffield 13 EAST ANGLIAN 15 Cambridgeshire 17 Norfolk 12 Suffolk 15 NORTH-WEST THAMES 15 Barnet 12 Bedfordshire 14 Brent and Harrow 17 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 19 205W
Hertfordshire 14 Hillingdon 13 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 14 NORTH-EAST THAMES 15 Barking and Havering 12 Camden and Islington 17 City and East London 19 Enfield and Haringey 15 Essex 14 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 13 SOUTH-EAST THAMES 16 Bromley 17 East Sussex 13 Greenwich and Bexley 15 Kent 16 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 18 SOUTH- WEST THAMES 15 Croydon 15 Kingston and Richmond 15 Merton, Sutton and Wands-worth 16 Surrey 14 West Sussex 14 WESSEX 15 Dorset 14 Hampshire 16 Isle of Wight 14 Wiltshire 14 OXFORD 13 Berkshire 11 Buckinghamshire 16 Northamptonshire 12 Oxfordshire 12 SOUTH-WESTERN 14 Avon 17 Cornwall (and Scilly) 14 Devon 14 Gloucestershire 15 Somerset 10 WEST MIDLANDS 17 Birmingham 19 Coventry 16 Dudley 14 Hereford and Worcester 14 Salop 14 Sandwell 16 Solihull 13 Staffordshire 17 Walsall 18 Warwickshire 17 Wolverhampton 22 MERSEY 16 Cheshire 16 Liverpool 16 St. Helens and Knowsley 17 Sefton 13 Wirral 19 NORTH-WESTERN 18 Bolton 18 Bury 12 Lancashire 17 Manchester 21 Oldham 23 Rochdale 19 Salford 23 Stockport 15 Tameside 14 Trafford 17 Wigan 15