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Diseases: Children

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 22 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of (a) diphtheria, (b) tetanus and (c) pertussis, (d) Haemophilus influenzae type b, (e) polio, (f) meningitis C, (g) measles, (h) mumps, (i) rubella and (j) acellular pertussis was amongst children in (i) London and (ii) the rest of England in each of the last three years. (249793)

The information given is for the last three years for which data is available, and is set out in the following table. Data included in this table refers to the incidence of infections in children up to 15 years of age.

200520062007

London

Rest of England

London

Rest of England

London

Rest of England

Diphtheria1

1

0

0

2

0

0

Tetanus

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pertussis2

27

391

42

322

37

359

Haemophilus Influenzae type b

4

41

6

42

9

31

Polio

0

0

0

0

0

0

Meningitis C

0

3

1

5

1

8

Measles3

30

28

195

334

345

422

Mumps3

220

1,823

67

322

21

137

Rubella3

2

5

1

1

2

5

1 Isolation of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae or C ulcerans.

2 Notified cases of whooping cough. Acellular pertussis is a vaccine not a disease.

3 The number includes cases confirmed by both oral fluid IgM antibody tests and other laboratory reported cases.