§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of human rabies have been recorded in the United Kingdom between 1971 and 1995. [35082]
§ Mr. HoramThere have been seven reported cases of rabies in the United Kingdom since 1976: two in 1977 and one in each of the years 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987 and 1988. All these were in people who were infected abroad.
Rabies became a notifiable disease only in 1976 and, therefore, figures for the years 1971 to 1975 are not available.