HL Deb 27 April 1981 vol 419 cc1114-5WA
Lord Plant

asked Her Majesty's Governmen

What is the latest annual notification of the number of people suffering from tuberculosis and what are the figures for the previous four years.

Lord Cullen of Ashbourne

The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified in the years 1976 to 1980 in England and Wales is as follows:

NOTIFICATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1976–80
Year Respiratory Meninges and CNS Other forms All forms of Tuberculosis
1976 7,716 89 2,297 10,102
1977 7,129 81 2,320 9,530
1978 7,083 103 2,502 9,688
1979 6,808 86 2,374 9,268
1980* 6,648 103 2,371 9,122
*1980 Notifications are provisional.