Diseases: Children Mr. Stephen O'Brien 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. Dawn Primarolo 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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.| | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------