HC Deb 02 July 1979 vol 969 cc500-1W
Dr. David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of tuberculosis have been reported in the South Shields parliamentary constituency in each year since 1970.

Mrs. Chalker

This information is not readily available. South Tyneside area health authority notified the following numbers of cases of tuberculosis between 1974 and 1978:

Respiratory Cases Non-Respiratory Cases
1974 28 3
1975 45 5
1976 23 4
1977 32 6
1978 28 4

Comparable figures prior to 1974 are not available.