HC Deb 16 October 1975 vol 897 c770W
Mr. Pattie

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of brucellosis were notified during the past 10 years.

Dr. Owen

Brucellosis in humans is not a notifiable disease and diagnosis is often uncertain. We do, however, obtain figures from the Public Health Laboratory Service of the number of cases confirmed. The number in England for the past eight years is:

1967 221
1968 203
1969 198
1970 324
1971 221
1972 243
1973 174
1974 136 (provisional)

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