1. Trcnds in birth prevalencc of ccrcbral palsy;Pharoah POD. Cookc T, Roscnbloom 1, Cookc RWI;Arc/h Dis Child,1987
2. Impact of improved perinatal carc on the causcs of dcith;Barson, A.J.; hlillier VF, Taskcr M.Licbcrman B.A.;Arcli Dis Child,1984
3. In answer to Barson's second point, national data reveal that the stillbirth rates for LBW babies are also falling.3 In the Mersey Region similar data are not available for the period before 1974, but from 1974 to 1977 the pattern of