HC Deb 11 December 1981 vol 14 cc491-2W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the infant mortality rate and the number of deaths of infants under one year of age for each area health authority in Wales for each year from 1966 to the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Roberts

Figures for the years 1974–80 are given in the following table. Comparable information for these areas before the re-organisation of the Health Service in 1974 is not readily available. Data for the years 1966–73 for Wales as a whole are contained in table 1.19 of the "Digest of Welsh Statistics", a copy of which is in the Library.

Her Majesty's ambassador in Sofia presented an inscribed crystal vase as a gift from the Government and people of the United Kingdom. A committee of honour, chaired until his death by Lord Goronwy-Roberts, organised several commemorative cultural events.