§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of deaths in the last five years from psittacosis; if there are any plans to include psittacosis in the list of notifiable diseases; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CurrieDeaths recorded by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys as attributable to this disease were as follows:
Number 1981 0 1982 1 1983 1 1984 0 1985 0 1986 1 1 Not yet available (provisionally 2 in first 6 months). There are no plans to make psittacosis a notifiable disease nationally.