§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of rare and tropical diseases related to overseas travel have been diagnosed in each of the last five years in each health board area in Scotland. [7528]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation is not collected routinely under the category of "rare and tropical diseases". The information given in the table relates to laboratory-confirmed cases of diseases known to be of tropical origin and to cases where the disease is likely to have been of tropical origin.
Laboratory-confirmed cases1 of disease acquired (or likely to have been acquired) in tropical countries, by health board, 1991–1995 Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Argyll and Clyde 2 0 0 6 0 Ayrshire and Arran 1 4 1 2 0 Borders 3 1 1 2 1 Dumfries and Galloway 0 2 4 2 2 Fife 1 3 1 6 2 Forth Valley 9 1 1 2 0 Grampian 22 24 20 23 34 Greater Glasgow 29 31 20 24 46 Highland 7 1 3 2 3 Lanarkshire 4 2 4 3 1 Lothian 17 23 29 40 58 Orkney 1 0 0 0 0 Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 Tayside 4 2 4 4 8 Western Isles 0 1 0 0 0 1 From Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health. Figures relate to the health board to which notification was made, which may differ from patient's health board of residence.