HC Deb 30 June 1977 vol 934 cc298-9W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the rate of infant mortality in the Leek parliamentary constituency in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how this compares with the previous three years.

Mr. Moyle

The infant mortality rate —deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 live births—in the Leek parliamentary constituency was 17 in 1975 compared with 19 in 1974, 11 in 1973 and 13 in 1972.