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Mr. Nicholas Winterton
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many discharges from hospital there were following diagnosis of septic abortion in each of the following years: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1982 and 1983.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
[pursuant to his reply, 4 February 1985, c. 457]: The available information is given in the table:
| Estimated number of discharges (including deaths) from NHS hospitals in England and Wales with main diagnosis of septic abortion | |
| Year | Estimated number |
| 1967 | 2,530 |
| 1968 | 3,110 |
| 1969 | 2,080 |
| 1975 | 610 |
| 1980 | 380 |
| 1982 | 450 |