§ Mr. CranTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many letters were received from, and sent to, hon. Members by his Department in(a) January and (b) the whole of this session up to 1 July.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Department received 1,165 letters from, and despatched 1,176 letters to, hon. Members in January. In the whole of this session up to 1 July 14,348 letters were received and, by that date 10,615 replies sent.
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Number of cases of principal types of food poisoning detected or reported 1983–88 (England and Wales) Clostridium botulinum — — — — 1 — Salmonella enteriditis 1,774 2,071 3,096 4,771 6,858 15,427 Salmonella typhimurium 7,785 7,264 5,478 7,094 7,660 6,444 Other salmonellas 5,596 5,392 4,756 5,111 6,014 5,607 Listeriosis 115 115 149 137 259 1291 Number of incidents (outbreaks and isolated cases) of other types of food poisoning reported 1983–88 (England and Wales) Clostridium perfringens 68 68 64 61 151 2— Staphylococcus aureus 17 10 13 11 113 2 Bacillus sp 24 28 22 26 124 2 Laboratory reports of Campylobacter infections 17,299 21,049 23,619 24,844 27,415 128,761 1 Provisional 2 Not yet available Source: PHLS