National Congenital Rubella Surveillance Programme 1 July 1971-30 June 1984.

This is the fourth report of a series on the surveillance of congenital rubella by the National Congenital Rubella Surveillance Programme using methods previously described in the BM7.'-3 We present data on 763 children (including nine co-twins, that is, nine pairs) classified by the Northern and Southern Registries of the National Congenital Rubella Surveillance Programme as cases of confirmed or suspected congenital rubella. The children were reported between 1 July 1971 and 30 June 1984, a period during which large and moderate rubella epidemic years were interspersed among non-epidemic years (figure). The same figure shows by year