Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 November 1995. It was answered by Tom Sackville (Conservative) on Monday, 6 November 1995 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: What was the (a) expected and (b) actual number of deaths from measles in each year since 1987; what is the expected number of deaths for the next year; and what is the mortality rate from measles; and which historic outbreaks of measles were considered when assessing number of children expected to die to measles before establishment of measles immunisation campaign in November 1994; and how many deaths occurred in each such epidemic. - Includes table. (Holding answer 1 November 1995).

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