HC Deb 06 December 1996 vol 286 cc796-7W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of food poisoning have been diagnosed in each of the last 10 years in each health board area in Scotland; and how many people were resident in each health board area during this period. [7431]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is set out in the tables. The information in the first table relates to notifications of cases of food poisoning to the Common Services Agency for the Scottish health service.

Table 2: Estimated population resident in health board areas in Scotland: 1986–95 (as at 30 June)
Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow
1991 437,400 376,900 104,100 147,700 349,400 272,900 515,600 922,600
1992 434,300 376,600 104,800 147,900 349,900 272,700 522,400 918,200
1993 432,900 376,800 105,300 147,900 351,200 272,900 522,100 915,700
1994 433,000 377,000 105,700 147,800 352,100 273,400 532,500 916,600
1995 432,800 377,200 106,200 147,900 351,600 273,900 532,800 912,500

Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
1986 565,300 743,100 19,100 22,400 390,500 31,000
1987 564,200 744,600 19,100 22,400 390,200 30,500
1988 561,900 742,900 19,200 22,300 389,300 30,300
1989 562,200 747,100 19,300 22,200 388,900 30,000
1990 562,700 750,300 19,400 22,400 391,100 29,800
1991 561,300 751,000 19,560 22,540 392,500 29,400
1992 561,600 750,600 19,710 22,640 394,600 29,350
1993 561,400 753,900 19,760 22,830 395,200 29,410
1994 561,200 758,600 19,810 22,880 395,000 29,310
1995 561,200 764,600 19,870 23,090 395,600 29,040

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