HC Deb 07 March 1978 vol 945 cc593-4W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the annual figures of

INFANT MORTALITY
(deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births)
Region
Socio-economic group North Yorkshire and Humberside North West East Midlands West Midlands East Anglia South East South West
1.1 and 2.1
Male 16 14 15 10 13 10 13 19
Female 7 17 12 15 14 15 10 14
1.2 and 2.2
Male 13 19 18 13 16 14 16 15
Female 13 14 12 10 12 10 11 11
3
Male 7 11 7 7 12 12 10 23
Female 13 8 6 5 5 10 5 4
4
Male 17 16 13 17 13 13 14 15
Female 16 11 7 11 11 5 10 12
5.1
Male 15 13 15 16 12 20 15 13
Female 11 14 13 13 12 16 11 11
5.2
Male 13 9 15 33 22 17 20
Female 6 10 16 10 18 15 19
6
Male 19 17 20 19 18 15 17 17
Female 13 14 13 10 12 14 12 10
7
Male 27 31 31 17 32 26 24 28
Female 21 17 17 12 14 9 16 15
8
Male 15 14 19 16 19 15 17 17
Female 9 13 12 10 13 10 13 11
9
Male 20 22 23 21 21 17 17 20
Female 16 18 17 15 16 15 14 13

cases brought by the Dental Services Committee against practitioners in each of the last five years for mixing National Health Service treatment and private treatment, giving the figures for 1977–78 up to the most recent available date.

Mr. Moyle

This information is not available. Figures for all complaints against dentists which have been investigated were given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) on 6th March, but our figures do not distinguish separately cases involving the mixing of National Health Service and private treatment.—[Vol. 945, c.477–8.]