§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the broad conclusions to be drawn from the occupational mortality decennial supplement, published in July 1986; whether figures for mortality by social class will be given in the 1991 supplement; and in what document information about infant mortality by social class is published.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 2 February 1987]: The main conclusions of "Occupational Mortality 596W decennial supplement 1979–80, 1982–83" are given in chapters 6, 7 and 8 of "Part I commentary" of the material published on 30 July 1986. Copies of this volume, together with "Part 11 microfiche tables" which contains some 22,000 pages of results are in the Library.
Decisions on the scope and content of any 1991 decennial supplement have not been taken.
Information on infant mortality by social class for legitimate births only is published routinely in "Mortality Statistics perinatal and infant: social and biological factors. Series DH3" tables 5, 7 and 18, copies of which are also in the Library. A further publication in the decennial supplement series on childhood mortality, including infant mortality, is in preparation.