Written question asked by Paul Marsden (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 June 2003. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 June 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children suffered from (a) chickenpox, (b) measles, (c) mumps, (d) rubella and (e) whooping cough in each year since 1997. - Inc table and fact that chickenpox is not a notifiable disease and laboratory reports are not available.

Answer: Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children suffered from (a) chickenpox, (b) measles, (c) mumps, (d) rubella and (e) whooping cough in each year since 1997. [120102] Miss Melanie Johnson: The numbers of laboratory confirmed cases of measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis (whooping cough) between 1997 and 2002 are shown in the table. Notifications (clinical diagnosis only) of whooping cough are also given. The data for 2002 are provisional and is therefore subject to change. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year measles mumps rubella pertussis Notificatio ns of whooping cough 1997 177 180 99 715 2,989 1998 56 118 122 375 1,577 1999 94 366 161 330 1,139 2000 100 697 60 199 712 2001 71 767 41 298 888 20021 308 482 63 245 882 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional data Chickenpox is not a notifiable disease and laboratory reports are not available. Since chickenpox is so common in childhood, 90 per cent. of adults are immune.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 407 c825-6W;407 c829-30W; 120102
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Children Diagnosis Diseases Rubella Whooping cough Measles Mumps Chickenpox
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