§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of brucellosis were notified during the past 10 years.
§ Dr. OwenBrucellosis in humans is not a notifiable disease and diagnosis is often uncertain. We do, however, obtain figures from the Public Health Laboratory Service of the number of cases confirmed. The number in England for the past eight years is:
1967 221 1968 203 1969 198 1970 324 1971 221 1972 243 1973 174 1974 136 (provisional)