Hospitals buck the trend on baby rate; Two show increase as UK births plunge.(News)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: December 13, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Suzanne Elsworth

BIRTH rate trends in Merseyside and Cheshire are sending mixed messages, according to a report released yesterday.

The number of babies born nationally is dropping and the levels are the lowest since records began in 1924, according to the figures from the Office of National Statistics.

But in the counties' hospitals the pattern is confusing, with some reflecting the national trend and others where numbers have actually inc...

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