§ 31. Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children are known to have died because they had not received the anti-whooping-cough vaccination.
§ Mr. MoyleWhilst deaths attributed to whooping cough are recorded, it is not possible to say how many children have died because they had not been immunised against whooping cough.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of
478Wallowances for past years in so far as this information is available:
deaths from whooping cough occurred in children aged 1 year or less in each of the last 10 years; and if he will give the numbers of such deaths.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe figures are as follows:
WHOOPING COUGH DEATHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES Aged under one All ages No. No. Percentage 1967 27 24 89 1968 15 15 100 1969 6 4 67 1970 15 13 87 1971 26 22 85 1972 2 2 100 1973 2 2 100 1974 13 12 92 1975 12 11 92 1976* 3 1 33 * Provisional