§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest available infant mortality rates for each of the health districts within the southeast metropolitan health region; and what are the comparative figures for the region and the country as a whole.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe provisional rates for 1977 are as follows:10W
Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births England and Wales 13.7 England 13.7 Health Authority: South East Thames Region 13.1 East Sussex Area 15.9 Brighton 17.6 Eastbourne 10.5 Hastings 19.8 Kent Area 11.4 South East Kent 8.8 Canterbury and Thanet 13.7 Dartford and Grave-sham 10.2 Maidstone 11.0 Medway 12.8 Tunbridge Wells 10.6 Greenwich and Bexley Area 12.8 Greenwich 14.3 Bexley 11.1 Bromley Area and District 13.7 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Area 14.7 St. Thomas' 14.7 King's 13.0 Guy's 18.1 Lewisham 13.8
Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of his Written Answer of Monday 15th May that there are no posts for consultant homoeopathic physicians in National Health Service hospitals, he is aware that advertisements have appeared recently in the medical Press for applicants to fill the post of consultant homoeopathic physician in such a hospital.
§ Mr. MoyleYes—individual doctors or employing authorities are free to use whatever informal description they wish for particular jobs. However, the advertisements in question made it clear that applicants for the posts would be required to possess qualifications appropriate for a consultant physician and the successful candidate would be described as a consultant physician in all official statistics.