§ Mr. BlunkettTo 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. SackvilleThe 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.
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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. BlunkettTo 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. SackvilleThe 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.