§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have been born with missing or defective limbs in(a) the Trent regional health authority and (b) the Yorkshire regional health authority in each year for the last 10 years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is shown in the table.
Number of children born with missing or deformed limbs (ICDs 755.0–755.9)1 notified to Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in each year 1983–1992 for the Trent and Yorkshire regional helth authorities Year Yorkshire RHA Trent RHA 1983 137 209 1984 139 177 1985 154 183 1986 110 200 1987 120 189 1988 126 184 1989 127 206 1990 88 166 1991 115 164 1992 89 127 1 International Classification of Diseases 9th revision. Note:
Prior to 1990 all malformations, however minor, were reportable to OPCS. In January 1990 an exclusion list was introduced. As a result, minor malformations of the toe, coded to ICD 755.6 were no longer notifiable.