§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many babies have died during each of the last five years for which records are available as a result of asphyxiation through inhaling vomit; and how many were lying at the time on pillows approved by the British Standards Institution.
§ Dr. OwenI regret that the precise information requested is not available. The annual numbers of children under one year of age whose deaths were assigned to inhalation and ingestion of food, including vomit, causing obstruction or suffocation were as follows:
1968 … … … … 225 1969 … … … … 264 1970 … … … … 217 1971 … … … … 190 1972 … … … … 143 No information is available about the types of pillow used.