§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are perinatal mortality rates in Hemel Hempstead and the county of Hertfordshire, Brighton and the county of Sussex, and Newcastle and the county of Northumbria, expressed as stillbirths and deaths under one week of age per 1,000 total births, in 1975, 1976, and 1977.
§ Mr. MoyleThe numbers of stillbirths and deaths under one week of age per 1,000 total births are as follows:
Administrative area 1975 1976 1977* Dacorum 13 22 19 Hertfordshire 17 17 14 Brighton 16 12 20 East Sussex 18 19 18 Newcastle upon Tyne 15 20 20 Tyne and Wear 19 19 20 Northumberland 21 18 16 * Provisional. Hemel Hempstead is now part of Dacorum. The areas shown are all as constituted since the local government reorganisation in 1974.