§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the death rate from meningococcal meningitis.
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§ Mrs. CurrieThe table gives the number of deaths registered where meningococcal meningitis was the underlying cause of death and the crude mortality rate per million usually resident population for the latest five years.
Deaths with underlying cause as meningococcal meningitis (ICD(9)1 036.0): numbers and rates per million population England and Wales 1983–87 Year Number Rate per million 1983 20 0.40 1984 26 0.52 1985 36 0.72 1986 44 0.88 21987 37 0.74 1International Classification or" Diseases 9th revision. 2Provisional.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement about the incidence of haemophilus or pneumococcal meningitis.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe table gives the numbers of notifications of haemophilus and pneumococcal meningitis for the latest six years available. In addition, the numbers of notifications where the organism was not specified on the notification forms are shown.
Number of notifications of (a) haemophilus (influenzal), (b) pneumococcal and (c) unspecified meningitis England and Wales 1982 to 1987 Type of meningitis Year Haemophilus Pneumococcal Unspecified 1982 177 87 145 1983 173 74 137 1984 217 78 149 1985 206 82 186 1986 268 143 232 11987 250 109 171 1Provisional, January to September only.