§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give, for each year from 1975 onwards, the numbers of stillbirths, early neonatal deaths and postneonatal deaths of jointly registered illegitimate
Number of stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, late neonatal deaths and postneonatal deaths of jointly registered illegitimate babies by social class, England and Wales 1975 and 1985 Social Class Stillbirths Early neonatal Late neonatal Postneonatal 1975 Total 161 296 70 190 Social Class I 5 8 2 2 Social Class II 13 23 6 12 Social Class IIIN 12 28 — 10 Social Class HIM 64 91 26 69 Social Class IV 33 61 11 40 Social Class V 29 42 9 28 Armed Forces 1 3 2 1 Students, Unoccupied and inadequately described 4 40 14 28 1985 Total 394 416 96 436 Social Class I 2 7 1 6 Social Class II 31 50 9 32 Social Class IIIN 22 25 3 22 Social Class HIM 151 162 45 166 Social Class IV 90 78 16 70 Social Class V 72 64 14 92 Armed Forces 3 4 — 2 Students, Unoccupied and inadequately described 23 26 8 46 Early neonatal: deaths in the first week of life.
Late neonatal: deaths from one week to under four weeks.
Postneonatal: deaths from four weeks to under one year.