§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the Official Report the perinatal mortality rate and infant mortality rate in each year since 1947 classified by legitimacy and place of confinement.
§ Mr. Moyle,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th November 1978: Vol. 958, c. 770], gave the following information
The rates for England and Wales are as follows:
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Perinatal mortality Infant mortality Stillbirths and deaths under one week of age per 1,000 total births Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births Legitimate Illegitimate Legitimate Illegitimate By legitimacy 1947 39.6 53.5 40.8 59.6 1948 37.7 52.9 33.9 46.0 1949 37.1 53.8 32.0 45.4 1950 36.8 49.9 29.3 39.7 1951 37.5 52.4 29.4 38.9 1952 36.8 50.3 27.2 35.0 1953 36.3 48.5 26.5 33.0 1954 37.5 48.9 25.1 32.2 1955 36.8 48.9 24.5 31.7 1956 36.2 47.3 23.4 28.4 1957 35.6 48.0 22.8 30.0 1958 34.4 46.2 22.3 27.8 1959 33.5 45.1 21.9 27.4 1960 32.3 41.5 21.5 26.4 1961 31.5 41.2 21.2 25.3 1962 30.2 40.4 21.3 27.3 1963 28.7 37.1 20.8 26.0 1964 27.5 37.1 19.4 26.3 1965 26.2 34.8 18.5 24.9 1966 25.6 34.2 18.5 24.6 1967 24.6 33.9 17.9 23.7 1968 24.0 31.9 17.8 23.4 1969 22.7 30.6 17.3 25.7 1970 22.8 31.0 17.5 26.2 1971 21.6 29.6 16.8 25.4 1972 21.1 28.2 16.7 22.5 1973 20.5 26.9 16.3 22.9 1974 19.7 27.1 15.7 22.6 1975 18.7 25.8 15.0 22.5 1976 17.1 23.9 13.6 20.5 1977 16.4 22.6 13.2 19.1
Perinatal mortality Infant mortality Stillbirths and deaths under one week of age per 1,000 total births Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births 1975 1976 1975 1976 By place of confinement NHS hospital "A" 5.0 4.2 7.2 6.7 NHS hospital"B " 20.4 18.8 16.1 14.6 Other hospitals 14.1 14.2 15.3 13.0 At home 18.6 18.5 15.7 15.4 Elsewhere 72.4 77.0 49.7 30.5 Figures are not available before 1975 and not yet available for 1977.
NHS hospital "A" Hospitals and homes under the NHS (except psychiatric hospitals) with beds allocated to GP maternity but not obstetrics. NHS hospital"B " Remainder of hospitals and homes under the NHS (except psychiatric hospitals). Other hospitals Mainly maternity homes not under the NHS. At home At the usual place of residence of the mother. Elsewhere Places of confinement which include all psychiatric institutions, homes for unmarried mothers, remand homes, reception centres, private houses (other than mother's usual residence).