General public health improvements may well have reduced some of the death rate but look at the reduction in cases when the vaccine was introduced in the US
http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/graph-us-measles-cases

and an interesting article :)
http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements

Thankyou for the articles Stooge...I am unable to read the graph on My Blackberry...but the anti-vaccination movement article makes interesting reading

This morning one of our Border Collies damaged by the same vaccine that killed two of Our puppies...and hospitalised the entire litter....(Starting within 24 hours of injection...) died in Our kitchen...in my partners arms.. aged 3 and a half....

The Vet was called but even as She walked through the door it was apparent that He was slipping away from us....

I have no words to describe the loss at the minute..feel I feel completely numb....all I know is that when you have loved a puppy from the age of 8 weeks...you know them inside out....and We know that He was never the same after receiving that particular booster..

Knowing that He was vulnerable..we did everything humanly possible to limit his chemical exposure..and it has certainly not helped living next door to farmland sprayed with pesticides...and a haulage/car repair company with no gulleys or drainage to contain waste oils and silicons etc.... not to mention creosote and silage seeping into our garden..so his loss is even more difficult to bear....

When you are expecting your beloved companion to live for 12 to 15 years...nothing prepares you for losing them so young.....

SO sorryfor your loss fos , me he be at peace