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Mr. Ashley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the number of whooping cough cases since 1960, sub-dividing the total number into those for (a) babies under one year, (b) children and (c) adults; and if he will give the number of fatalities, and the proportion of those catching the disease who had been immunised for each of the groups;
WHOOPING COUGH (ENGLAND AND WALES) |
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|
Notifications |
|
Deaths |
|
|
1 year |
1–14 |
15+ |
All ages |
Index All ages |
1 year |
1–14 |
15+ |
All ages |
1960 |
… |
5,869 |
50,922 |
1,088 |
58,030 |
100 |
26 |
10 |
1 |
37 |
1961 |
… |
2,436 |
21,388 |
556 |
24,469 |
42 |
19 |
8 |
nil |
27 |
1962 |
… |
1,026 |
7,101 |
200 |
8,347 |
14 |
18 |
6 |
nil |
24 |
1963 |
… |
4,117 |
29,820 |
681 |
34,736 |
60 |
29 |
7 |
nil |
36 |
1964 |
… |
3,624 |
27,072 |
786 |
31,594 |
54 |
32 |
10 |
2 |
44 |
1965 |
… |
1,433 |
11,191 |
271 |
12,945 |
22 |
15 |
6 |
nil |
21 |
1966 |
… |
2,097 |
16,916 |
328 |
19,417 |
33 |
22 |
1 |
nil |
23 |
1967 |
… |
3,024 |
29,552 |
791 |
33,531 |
58 |
24 |
3 |
nil |
27 |
1968 |
… |
1,753 |
15,110 |
429 |
17,367 |
30 |
15 |
nil |
nil |
15 |
1969 |
… |
628 |
4,185 |
143 |
4,994 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1970 |
… |
2,006 |
14,213 |
295 |
16,597 |
29 |
13 |
2 |
nil |
15 |
1971 |
… |
2,155 |
14,104 |
493 |
16,844 |
29 |
22 |
4 |
nil |
26 |
1972 |
… |
263 |
1,746 |
53 |
2,069 |
4 |
2 |
nil |
nil |
2 |
1973 |
… |
330 |
2,045 |
45 |
2,437 |
4 |
2 |
nil |
nil |
2 |
1974 |
… |
2,175 |
13,502 |
425 |
16,225 |
28 |
12 |
1 |
nil |
13 |
1975 |
… |
1,394 |
7,120 |
302 |
8,910 |
15 |
11 |
1 |
nil |
12 |
WHOOPING COUGH IMMUNISATION (ENGLAND AND WALES)—PERSONS UNDER 16 YEARS |
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|
Total number persons under 16 immunised |
Index number 1960=100 |
Percentage of population under 16 years immunised |
Index number 1960=100 |
1960 |
… |
626,401 |
100 |
5.6 |
100 |
1961 |
… |
690,070 |
110 |
6.1 |
109 |
1962 |
… |
578,474 |
92 |
5.1 |
91 |
1963 |
… |
619,201 |
99 |
5.4 |
96 |
1964 |
… |
679,382 |
108 |
5.9 |
105 |
1965 |
… |
697,653 |
111 |
6.0 |
107 |
1966 |
… |
693,805 |
111 |
5.9 |
105 |
1967 |
… |
711.254 |
114 |
6.0 |
107 |
1968 |
… |
629,183 |
100 |
5.2 |
93 |
1969 |
… |
457,407 |
73 |
3.8 |
68 |
1970 |
… |
620,381 |
99 |
5.1 |
91 |
1971 |
… |
642,533 |
103 |
5.2 |
93 |
1972 |
… |
632,495 |
101 |
5.1 |
91 |
1973 |
… |
588,516 |
94 |
4.8 |
86 |
1974 |
… |
457,753 |
73 |
3.7 |
66 |
1975 |
… |
259,810 |
41 |
2.1 |
38 |