HC Deb 27 June 1990 vol 175 cc243-4W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of babies born at Basildon hospital in each of the last seven years.

Mr. Dorrell

Births at particular hospitals have only been analysed by OPCS since 1989. However, records analysed by the Basildon and Thurrock district health authority give the following information.

Year Number of births
1983 2,323
1984 2,378
1985 2,455
1986 2,397
1987 2,470
11988–89 2,646
11989–90 2,695

Source: Basildon and Thurrock district health authority.

1 Financial year.

Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the numbers of babies born in(a) Basildon constituency and (b) the Basildon and Thurrock district health authority area in each of the last seven years.

Mr. Dorrell

The information requested is given in the tables.

Live and still births for Basildon borough constituency
Livebirths Stillbirths
1982 1,418 9
1983 1,435 9
1984 1,420 7
1985 1,461 4
1986 1,418 4
1987 1,462 6
1988 1,523 9
1989 1,589 3

Live and still births for Basildon and Thurrock DHA
Livebirths Stillbirths
1982 3,827 25
1983 3,901 20
1984 4,010 18
1985 4,143 16
1986 4,057 19
1987 4,297 13
1988 4,460 23
1989 4,420 11