Still Births (Hansard, 18 November 1987)

HC Deb 18 November 1987 vol 122 cc556-7W 556W

§ Mr. Foulkes
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the incidence of still births in each health board area in each month of 1985, 1986 and 1987.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
The information is as follows:
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Health Board Area All months Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1987¹

Scotland 252 31 24 29 26 27 28 31 25 31 — — —

Borders 3 — 1 1 — 1 — — — — — — —

Forth Valley 12 — 1 5 2 1 — 1 — 2 — — —

Dumfries and Galloway 5 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 1 — — — —

Fife 16 — 3 — 4 2 1 1 1 4 — — —

Grampian 32 4 4 6 5 3 1 3 4 2 — — —

Highland 5 — 1 1 1 — 1 — — 1 — — —

Lothian 24 5 5 — 3 1 4 — 3 3 — — —

Argyll and Clyde 23 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 — — — —

Ayrshire and Arran 24 3 1 1 2 4 3 5 2 3 — — —

Greater Glasgow 57 6 3 6 2 8 10 10 7 5 — — —

Lanarkshire 31 5 1 4 5 2 3 4 3 4 — — —

Tayside 17 3 — 1 1 1 3 3 — 5 — — —

Orkney 2 — — 1 — — — — — 1 — — —

Shetland 3 — — — — — — 1 2 — — — —

Western Isles 1 — — — — — — — — 1 — — —

¹ Provisional figures