§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the rate of infant mortality in the area covered by the Macclesfield constituency in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how this figure compares with the previous four years.
§ Mr. MoyleThe infant mortality rates —deaths of children under one year of age per thousand live births—for the area in question are as follows:
1971 … … … 10.6 1972 … … … 10.2 1973 … … … 17.0 1974 … … … 18.8 1975 … … … 11.1