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Mr. Ashley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the figures of notifications of whooping-cough and scarlet fever per million children aged under 15 years, for each year since 1945; and if he will express them as index numbers taking the average figure for 1941 to 1945 as 100.
Mr. Ennals
The figures are as follows:
NOTIFICATIONS PER MILLION CHILDREN UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE IN ENGLAND AND WALES | ||||
Whooping Cough | Scarlet Fever | |||
Rate | Index | Rate | Index | |
1941–45 | 11,406 | 100 | 9,704 | 100 |
1946 | 10,566 | 93 | 6,381 | 66 |
1947 | 10,170 | 89 | 6,283 | 65 |
1948 | 15,698 | 138 | 7,930 | 82 |
1949 | 10,825 | 95 | 7,390 | 76 |
1950 | 16,381 | 144 | 6,841 | 70 |
1951 | 17,400 | 153 | 5,006 | 52 |
1952 | 11,714 | 103 | 6,859 | 71 |
1953 | 15,982 | 140 | 6,195 | 64 |
1954 | 10,639 | 93 | 4,322 | 45 |
1955 | 7,893 | 69 | 3,253 | 34 |
1956 | 9,091 | 80 | 3,257 | 34 |
1957 | 8,286 | 73 | 2,880 | 30 |
1958 | 3,233 | 28 | 3,760 | 39 |
1959 | 3,201 | 28 | 4,613 | 48 |
1960 | 5,535 | 49 | 3,068 | 32 |
1961 | 2,307 | 20 | 1,885 | 19 |
1962 | 787 | 7 | 1,442 | 15 |
1963 | 3,258 | 29 | 1,636 | 17 |
1964 | 2,933 | 26 | 1,868 | 19 |
1965 | 1,185 | 10 | 2,447 | 25 |
1966 | 1,755 | 15 | 1,918 | 20 |
1967 | 2,991 | 26 | 1,722 | 18 |
1968 | 1,528 | 13 | 1,311 | 14 |
1969 | 435 | 4 | 1,402 | 14 |
1970 | 1,436 | 13 | 1,138 | 12 |
1971 | 1,452 | 13 | 1,076 | 11 |
1972 | 178 | 2 | 964 | 10 |
1973 | 210 | 2 | 1,037 | 11 |
1974 | 1,412 | 12 | 906 | 9 |
1975 | 786 | 7 | 836 | 9 |