§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied with the measures being taken against malaria in view of the tenfold increase in cases between 1970 and 1980.
§ Sir George YoungThe Department has in recent years mounted a campaign to advise travellers about the risks of contracting malaria abroad and the precautions to be taken. During 1980, 1,670 reports of imported malaria were received by the malaria reference laboratory, as compared with 2,054 in the previous year, a 19 per cent. reduction. This is the first time for 10 years that the annual total of reported cases of malaria has decreased. There has been no recent evidence of malaria transmission in this country.