Identification of underprivileged areas

risk of contracting rubella in pregnancy and giving birth to a handicapped child. If these observations are confirmed by an extension of our own experience and that of other laboratories, there are clear indications for health education since there may be groups of women needing vaccination programmes specifically directed at them. This might well necessitate special programmes in areas where the Asian population is concentrated. We would like to know whether other laboratories carrying out antenatal screening for rubella antibodies have made similar observations.