HC Deb 25 February 1994 vol 238 cc520-1W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each year since 1990 the number of notifications of(a) cholera, (b) dysentery, (c) tuberculosis, (d) diphtheria, (e) whooping cough, (f) scarlet fever and (g) measles.

Mr. Sackville

The number of cases notified for selected diseases in 1990 and 1991 are listed in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys publication, "Communicable Disease Statistics" series MB2, Nos. 17 and 18 respectively, copies of which are available in the Library.

The information is shown in the table for 1992. The data have been checked as correct and will be the figures that are given in the published volume in April.

Number of cases notified for selected diseases in England and Wales 1992
Number
Cholera 25
Dysentery 16,960
Tuberculosis 15,798
Diphtheria 8
Whooping Cough 2,309
Scarlet Fever 4,645
Measles 10,268
1 Excluding chemoprophylaxis.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each year since 1990 the rate per 100,000 population of diagnosed episodes of(a) whooping cough, (b) scarlet fever, (c) measles, (d) scabies, (e) pneumonia and pneumonitis and (f) pleurisy.

Mr. Sackville

The notification rates of selected diseases in 1990 and 1991 are listed in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys publication, "Communicable Disease Statistics" series MB2, Nos. 17 and 18 respectively, copies of which are available in the Library.

The information for 1992 is shown in the table. The figures have been checked as correct and will be the figures that are given in the published volume in April.

Notification rates (per 100,000 population) of selected diseases in England and Wales, 1992
ICD1 1992
033
Whooping cough 10.3
034
Scarlet fever 101.7
055
Measles 34.5
133.0
Scabies 310.9
480–486
Pneumonia and pneumonitis 173.9
511
Pleurisy 152.8
1ICD (International Classification of Diseases) 9th revision.