HC Deb 12 July 1991 vol 194 cc504-5W
Ms. Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing for each district health authority in London the number of food poisoning incidents reported for each year since 1979.

Mr. Dorrell

The information is not available in the form requested. Cases of food poisoning reported to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys by each of the four Thames regional health authorities for the period 1979–90 are set out in the table.

Year North West Thames North East Thames South East Thames South West Thames
1986 (a) 1,143 1,591 1,253 1,111
(b) 712 599 376 605
(c) 1,855 2,190 1,629 1,716
1987 (a) 1,534 2,073 1,706 1,376
(b) 825 583 382 631
(c) 2,359 2,656 2,088 2,007
1988 (a) 1,856 2,439 2,315 1,848
(b) 736 582 405 869
(c) 2,592 3,021 2,720 2,717
1989 (a) 2,205 3,037 2,974 2,314
(b) 852 734 585 724
(c) 3,057 3,771 3,559 3,038
1990 (a) 2,507 2,756 2,502 2,160
(b) 731 775 780 913
(c) 3,238 3,531 3,282 3,073

Note:

(a) "formal notifications" are made by the doctor in attendance to the proper officer for each local government district under the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984.

(b) cases "ascertained by other means" are identified during outbreak investigation.