German Measles (Hansard, 25 May 1993)

HC Deb 25 May 1993 vol 225 c505W 505W

§ Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the number of cases of German measles in(a) each complete year since 1980 and (b) in 1993 to date.

§ Mr. Sackville
The information is shown in the table.

Notifications of Rubella¹ (German measles) 1989–93

Number

1989 24,570

1990 11,491

1991 7,174

1992 6,212

1993 ²4,977

¹ Rubella (German measles) only became a notifiable disease in October 1988 and therefore the first complete year for which there are statistics is 1989.

² Provisional figure for 1993, up to and including 7 May.

Notifications of Rubella¹ (German measles) 1989–93
	Number
1989	24,570
1990	11,491
1991	7,174
1992	6,212
1993	²4,977
¹ Rubella (German measles) only became a notifiable disease in October 1988 and therefore the first complete year for which there are statistics is 1989.
² Provisional figure for 1993, up to and including 7 May.