§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the incidence of cases of respiratory and non-respiratory tuberculosis, as taken together per 100,000 population reported in each standard region of the United Kingdom for each year in the last five years; and what were the comparable figures for England acid Wales.
§ Sir George YoungNotifications rates—per 100,000 population—of all forms of tuberculosis, 1975–79, are as follows:
Years 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 United Kingdom 23 21 20 20 19 England and Wales of which: 22 21 19 20 19 Wales 20 16 16 16 15 Scotland* 30 28 28 25 24 Northern Ireland 14 15 11 14 15 Standard regions of England Northern 20 17 15 17 15 Yorkshire and Humberside 22 20 20 18 18 East Midlands 21 19 18 19 19 East Anglia 10 8 7 8 7 South East of which: Greater 25 24 22 23 22 London 43 41 40 42 40 South West 14 12 10 10 8 West Midlands 26 24 23 24 23 North West 22 22 22 22 21 * (i) Includes cases notified after death. (ii) Not adjusted for small numbers of denotifications
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the incidence of cases of respiratory 126W tuberculosis per 100,000 population reported in each standard region of the United Kingdom for each year in the last five years; and what were the comparable figures for England and Wales.
§ Sir George YoungNotifications rates—per 100,000 population—of respiratory tuberculosis for 1975–79 are as follows:
Years 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 United Kingdom 17 16 15 15 14 England and Wales of which: 17 16 14 14 14 Wales 16 13 13 13 12 Scotland* 24 24 23 21 20 Northern Ireland 11 12 10 12 13 Standard regions of England Northern 16 14 12 14 12 Yorkshire and Humberside 18 17 16 14 14 East Midlands 15 14 12 12 14 East Anglia 8 6 5 5 5 South East of which: Greater 18 18 16 16 15 London 31 30 28 29 28 South West 11 10 8 8 6 West Midlands 18 18 17 17 17 North West 18 18 18 17 16 * (i) Includes cases not notified before death. (ii) Not adjusted for small numbers of denotifications.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the rate of (a) respiratory and (b) all forms of tuberculosis per 100,000 population in South Tyneside for each of the past five years.
§ Sir George YoungNotification rates—per 100,000 population—of all forms of tuberculosis and respiratory tuberculosis, 1975–79, South Tyneside, are as follows:
Year All forms of Tuberculosis Respiratory Tuberculosis 1975 30 27 1976 8 7 1977 22 19 1978 19 16 1979 23 17