HC Deb 19 May 1994 vol 243 c535W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total number of notifications of tuberculosis in each year between 1987 and 1993.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information requested is given in the following table:

Notification of Tuberculosis in Wales
Year Number
1987 232
1988 201
1989 209
1990 194
1991 166
1992 201
11993 202
1 Provisional.

Source:

Communicable disease statistics (Series MB2) Registrar General's Weekly Return (Series WR) Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number of deaths from tuberculosis in each year between 1988 and 1993.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The number of deaths of Welsh residents from tuberculosis in each year are shown in the table:

Tuberculosis (all forms) excluding late effects (ICD 010-018) Late effects of tuberculosis (ICD137)
1988 35 19
1989 26 16
1990 30 14
1991 29 12
1992 36 13
1993 n/a n/a
n/a=Not available

Source: International Classification of Diseases.

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.