HC Deb 08 May 1978 vol 949 c366W
Mr. Shepherd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the recorded numbers of cases of salmonella and brucellosis, respectively, resulting from the sale and consumption of untreated milk for each of the last five years.

Mr. Moyle

The following are the numbers of positive isolations of salmonella food poisoning attributable to the consumption of untreated milk in England and Wales, recorded by the Public Health Laboratory Service:

1973 90
1974 184
1975 159
1976 29
1977 184

There is no record of the number of brucellosis cases attributable to the consumption of untreated milk.