§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the deaths from whooping cough occurred in babies under six months of age in each of the last five years; and if he has any information relating to the babies who died, with social class.
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§ Mr. Ennals,Pursuant To His Reply [Official Report, 17th February 1977: Vol. 926, C. 307–10], Gave The Following Information:
The information available about deaths of babies under six months of age attributed to whooping cough is as follows:
Total such deaths Percentage of all deaths from whooping cough 1972 2 100 1973 2 100 1974 10 77 1975 8 67 1976 0 0* *Provisional. I regret that information by social class is not readily available.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) pursuant to his reply of 17th January 1977, whether the joint committee made a study of the HRC trials—whooping-cough vaccine; whether it reported its conclusions to him; and, if so, if he will publish them:
(2) if he will request the joint committee to examine the 1974 report by Dr. J. Wilson and others, to consider the difference between the figure of 26 children suffering moderate or severe mental retardation, as a result of whooping-cough vaccination in an 11-year period from 1961 to 1972, examined at one London hospital, and the estimate by the joint committee of 22 children in England and Wales who suffered brain damage as a result of whooping-cough vaccination in an 11-year period from 1964 to 1975.
§ Mr. Ennals,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th February 1977; Vol. 926, c. 307–10], gave the following information:
The joint committee took account of the Medical Research Council trial and the report by Dr. J. Wilson and others in forming its conclusions.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the notifications and the deaths from whooping cough per million children for each five-year period since 1900; if he will express the figures as index numbers taking those for 1900 as 100; if he will give the percentage decrease for each five-year 121W period; and if he will give the same figures for scarlet fever.
§ Mr. Ennals,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th February 1977;
WHOOPING COUGH Deaths Notifications Per million children under 15 Index Percentage change of rate from previous 5 year period Per million children under 15 Percentage change of rate from previous 5 year period 1901–1905 … … … … 874 100 … 1906–1910 … … … … 756 86 -13 1911–1915 … … … … 633 72 -16 916–1920 … … … … 473 54 -25 1921–1925 … … … … 448 51 -5 1926–1930 … … … … 360 41 -20 1931–1935 … … … … 223 26 -38 1936–1940 … … … … 137 16 -39 1941–1945 … … … … 140 16 +2 11,406 … 1946–1950 … … … … 73 8 -48 12,786 +12 1951–1955 … … … … 22 3 -70 12,696 -0.7 1956–1960 … … … … 5 0.6 -77 5,851 -54 1961–1965 … … … … 3 0.3 -40 2,092 -64 1966–1970 … … … … 2 0.2 -33 1,622 -22 1971–1975 … … … … 1 0.1 -50 806 -50
SCARLET FEVER Deaths Notifications Per million children under 15 Index Percentage change of rate from previous 5 year period Per million children under 15 Percentage change of rate from previous 5 year period 1901–1905 … … … … 319 100 … 1906–1910 … … … … 224 70 -30 1911–1915 … … … … 161 50 -28 11,417 … 1916–1920 … … … … 84 26 -48 6,964 -39 1921–1925 … … … … 79 25 -6 9,734 +40 1926–1930 … … … … 48 15 -39 10,132 +4 1931–1935 … … … … 50 16 +4 12,007 +19 1936–1940 … … … … 24 8 -52 9,985 -17 1941–1945 … … … … 10 3 -58 9,704 -3 1946–1950 … … … … 2 0.6 -80 6,978 -28 1951–1955 … … … … Nil 0.0 -100 5,118 -27 1956–1960 … … … … Nil 0.0 … 3,517 -31 1961–1965 … … … … Nil 0.0 … 1,859 -47 1966–1970 … … … … Nil 0.0 … 1,494 -20 1971–1975 … … … … Nil 0.0 … 965 -35 Scarlet fever notifications began in 1911 and whooping cough notifications in 1940.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the ages of the four children who died from whooping cough in 1976; whether they were above or below the recommended age for whooping cough vaccination; and whether or not they had been vaccinated.
§ Mr. Ennals,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th February 1977; Vol. 926, c. 307–10], gave the following information:
The deaths related to three children whose ages were nine months, one year, 122W Vol. 926, c. 307–10], gave the following information:
Available figures for England and Wales are as follows: and four years and to one adult aged 45 years. The actual cause of death in the case of the adult was bronchiectasis resulting from whooping cough. All were above the recommended age for vaccination. I do not know whether they had been vaccinated.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the names of the members of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the subjects in which they are specialists. 123W and the length of time that they have been on the Committee.
§ Mr. Ennals,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th February 1977;
Date Of Appointment Professor Sir Charles Stuart-Harris … … … … General Medicine … … … … 1963 Dr. F. S. W. Brimblecombe … … … … Paediatrics … … … … 1969 Dr. M. F. H. Bush … … … … Community Medicine … … … … 1976 Professor G. W. A. Dick … … … … Pathology … … … … 1967 Professor J. A. Dudgeon … … … … Microbiology … … … … 1969 Professor G. Edsall … … … … Microbiology … … … … 1972 Sir David Evans … … … … Microbiology … … … … 1963 Professor R. W. Gilliatt … … … … Neurology … … … … 1972 Professor N. R. Grist … … … … Infectious Diseases … … … … 1970 Dr. H. R. Jolly … … … … Paediatrics … … … … 1969 Professor J. Knowelden … … … … Community Medicine … … … … 1963 Professor H. P. Lambert … … … … Infectious Diseases … … … … 1975 Dr. J. S. Noble … … … … General Practice … … … … 1971 Dr. D. Reid … … … … Epidemiology … … … … 1974 Dr. G. C. Schild … … … … Virology … … … … 1975 Dr. V. N. Springett … … … … Chest Diseases … … … … 1969 Dr. G. I. Watson … … … … General Practice … … … … 1974 Sir Robert Williams … … … … Microbiology … … … … 1973 Dr. W. O. Williams … … … … General Practice … … … … 1963 Dr. T. S. Wilson … … … … Community Medicine … … … … 1974 Co-Opted Members Dr. T. M. Pollock … … … … Epidemiology … … … … 1967 Dr. J. W. G. Smith … … … … Microbiology And Epidemiology … … … … 1972