HC Deb 30 November 1993 vol 233 cc450-1W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of(a) dysentery, (b) typhoid, (c) paratyphoid, (d) malaria, (e) tuberculosis and (f) jaundice were reported in 1992.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table.

Numbers of notifications for dysentery, typhoid, paratyphoid, malaria, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis in 1992, England and Wales
Number
Dysentery 16,960
Typhoid fever 201
Paratyphoid fever 81
Malaria 1,189
Tuberculosis 5,799
Viral hepatitis1 8,993
1 Infective jaundice was redesignated viral hepatitis on 1 October 1988.