HC Deb 17 December 1953 vol 522 c79W
26. Sir L. Ropner

asked the Minister of Health the number of cases of food poisoning reported to his Department during each of the years 1948 to 1952.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The number of cases of food poisoning reported to my Department for the last four years is as follows: 1949–11,563 persons, 1950–12,479, 1951–8,926, and 1952–8,786. No figures are available for 1948.