§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to the reply to the hon. Member for South Shields on 2 July, if he will express the incident of cases of tuberculosis in the South Tyneside area as a rate per 100,000 population for each of the years 1974 to 1978.
§ Dr. VaughanThe information requested is as follows:
Rate per 100,000 population Year 1974 18.1 1975 30.8 1976 16.2 1977 22.4 1978 19.2