§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give figures for the measles immunisation rates and for the incidence of measles in the United Kingdom; and what information he has about the comparable proportional figures for the United States of America and for Czechoslovakia.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe available information is as follows:
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Percentage immunisation uptake Reported cases║ 1983 England and Wales *59 103,700 Czechoslovakia †99 31 United States of America ‡96 ‡1,497 1984 England and Wales *63 62,079 Czechoslovakia n/a n/a United States of America n/a n/a * Percentage of children immunised by the end of the second year following birth.
† Percentage of children immunised under five.
† Figures for 1982.
║ England and Wales—notified cases of measles.
United States of America and Czechoslovakia—reported cases of measles—Source: World Health Organisation.