§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of German measles were reported in each of the past 10 years; and how many have been reported in 1978 at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MoyleRubella—German measles —is not a notifiable disease, but returns to the Royal College of General Practitioners from a representative sample of practitioners show the national trend, expressed as a weekly rate per 100,000 of the population, of all ages, to be as follows:
1967 12.9 1968 15.8 1969 8.8 1970 5.2 1971 10.6 1972 11.7 1973 9.3 1974 8.6 1975 8.5 1976 4.0 1977 4.3 1978* 15.8 *up to week No. 42