§ Mr. Ashleyasked 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) 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 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