§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in the United Kingdom have been immunised against rabies for each year since 1980.
§ Mrs. CurrieThis information is not available in the form requested. The number of doses of rabies vaccine supplied through the Department for distribution in England and Wales was as follows:
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Year Number 1980 2,280 1981 9,000 1982 8,000 1983 5,000 1984 5,000 1985 6,500 1986 6,000 1987 8,000 These supplies will have included initial and booster doses for those groups considered to be at special risk, for example, veterinary and technical staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and employees of animal quarantine premises, as well as to travellers returning to this country who might have been in contact with rabid animals.
Number of notifications of rabies United Kingdom 1980–87 Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 England and Wales — 1 — — — — 1 1 Scotland — — — — — — — 1— Northern Ireland — — — — — — 1— 1— 1— Not available.