§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of dysentery were notified to the Health Department in each of the first three quarters of 1955; and what were the comparable figures for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, respectively.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe following is the information:
PROVISIONAL NOTIFICATIONS OF DYSENTERY DURING EACH OF THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1955 Area First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Scotland … … 3,786 4,609 2,733 Glasgow … … 1,255 2,416 1,720 Edinburgh … … 401 462 213 Dundee … … 586 406 160 Aberdeen … … 177 70 10
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the dysentery cases notified in each year from 1950 to 1954, inclusive, were children under five years of age; how many were children at school; and how many were adults.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe following is the information:
NOTIFICATIONS OF DYSENTERY BY AGE GROUPS Year Age groups Under 5 years 5 to 14 years 15 years and upwards All ages 1950 2,759 1,093 1,223 5,075 1951 2,430 1,267 1,605 5,302 1952 1,856 817 695 3,368 1953 3,146 1,274 1,209 5,629 1954 5,248 2,914 2,376 10,538
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many outbreaks of dysentery in each of the years 1950 to 1954, inclusive, have been directly traceable to contaminated food; and how many to other sources.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe vast majority of cases of dysentery occur not in the form of outbreaks but by sporadic infection from case to case. My Department has, however, knowledge of thirty-four incidents between 1950 and 1954 that 105W might be classed as outbreaks, of which only four were traced directly to contaminated food. These accounted for 361 of the 29,912 cases of dysentery notified in the period.