HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 cc735-6W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by year from 1979 to date for the Trent regional health authority, and by hospital, the number of low birth weight deliveries recorded.

Mr. Mellor

We do not collect information centrally in the form requested. However, statistics on low birth

Mr. Peter Walker

Illustrative figures for 1989–90 are given in the table. Figures for 1990–91 are not available.

weight deliveries are published annually in OPCS monitor DH3 "Infant and Perinatal Mortality" broken down into regions and districts but not hospitals.

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