§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many terminations of pregnancy there were due to maternal contact with rubella in each of the following categories (a) rubella disease, (b) rubella contact and (c) rubella immunisation for each of the years 1977 to 1981.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe available information is as follows:
Legal abortions due to maternal contact with rubella residents of England and Wales, 1977–1980 Year 1977 1978 1979 1980 Rubella disease 118 659 431 153 Rubella contact 66 171 144 47 Rubella immunisation 37 66 156 101 Total 221 896 731 301 Similar information for 1981 should be available by the end of 1982.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest figures available from the Public Health Laboratory Service on the incidence of rubella; and how these figures compare with the last five years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergDuring 1981 there were 509 isolations of rubella virus reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service by laboratories in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This figure is provisional. Figures for the last five years are as follows:
1976 728 1977 668 1978 3,666 1979 2,604 1980 648
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many schoolgirls aged 14 years and what percentage of the total number of girls of that age were vaccinated against rubella in each education authority for each year from 1971 to 1981.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergInformation is not available in the form requested, but the percentage of girls vaccinated by the age of 14 years in England in the years 1971–80 are as follows. Figures for 1981 are not yet available.
1971 45 1972 78 1973 87 1974 72 1975 67 1976 68 1977 69 1978 74 1979 78 1980 84