HC Deb 17 November 1978 vol 958 c398W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked 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. Moyle

Rubella—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