§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the incidence of, and number of persons affected by, outbreaks of Salmonella poisoning in National Health Service hospitals for each of the years 1979 to 1983.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of salmonella infections in NHS hospitals in England and Wales in the years 1979–1983, as reported to the communicable disease surveillance centre, was as follows:
Number of Outbreaks Number of Persons Ill 1979 24 322 1980 20 99 1981 15 134 1982 26 77 1983 26 93