§ Mr. Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of working days lost each year through influenza.
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§ Mr. DeanThe Department has information only about days of sickness notified for national insurance purposes. The number of such days attributed to influenza in recent years is given below. The figures relate to statistical years beginning on the first Monday in June.
Year Days(millions) 1964–65* … … … 9.6 1965–66 … … … 16.7 1966–67 … … … 6.8 1967–68 … … … 15.5 1968–69 … … … 15.7 1969–70*† … … … 25.9 * 53 weeks. †t Provisional figures.
§ Mr. Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of deaths caused to some extent by influenza.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table compares deaths in England and Wales assigned to influenza (I.C.D. 8th Revision 470–474) with those attributed to all other respiratory diseases (I.C.D. 8th Revision 460–466 and 480–519) and with deaths from all other causes except accident and violence over a five-year period.
Year Influenza All respiratory diseases excluding Influenza All diseases (excluding All accident and violence)except Influenza and other respiratory diseases 1965 … 809 67,811 456,505 1966 … 3,644 74,623 460,945 1967 … 883 67,246 450,984 1968 … 4,652 80,094 469,265 1969* … 4,734 81,422 469,922 * Provisional. Influenza will have been a contributory cause in certain of the deaths not assigned to it but the number cannot be estimated with confidence.