§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in view of the fact that, in 1972, 159 people had psittacosis and one man died, he will make this disease notifiable.
§ Mr. AlisonThe 156 (not 159) cases of established psittacosis in 1972 related to the United Kingdom as a whole. The figure for England was 69.
My right hon. Friend has no proposals for making psittacosis a notifiable disease in man. Transmission between humans is almost unknown, and diagnosis is dependent on the results of laboratory pro-
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Total number of written complaints 7,984 100 8,277 100 8,943 100 9,448 100 9,614 100 Investigated by: Officers only 7,366 92 7,534 91 8,107 91 8,649 92 8,818 92 Members 580 7 698 8 796 9 757 8 750 8 Independent inquiry 5 * 3 * 3 * — — 6 * * Lets than 1 per cent.