§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the latest annual notification of the number of people suffering from tuberculosis in Scotland; and what were the figures for the past four years, giving a breakdown into respiratory, meningitis, central nervous system and other forms.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe number of new cases of tuberculosis notified in Scotland in 1980 was 1,138. A breakdown of the numbers of notifications for 1980 and for the past four years into respiratory and non-respiratory TB is as follows:
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Notifications of Tuberculosis in Scotland 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Respiratory 1,238 1,201 1,070 1,014 943 Non-respiratory: meningeal 10 8 6 8 8 military* 4 5 3 8 7 other 193 225 220 193 180 All forms of tuberculosis 1,455 1,439 1,299 1,223 1,138 * Statistics related to the central nervous system are not separately identified; miliary tuberculosis may affect the central nervous system but does not necessarily do so.