HC Deb 22 June 1984 vol 62 c314W
Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list in the Official Report those towns and cities concerned in the official reports of 7,000 cases of dysentery made in 1983 giving the number of reports for each; if he will list the towns and cities reporting dysentery outbreaks to date in 1984; how many cases of dysentery were reported in Bradford in 1983 and to date in 1984; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. John Patten

The location of the cases of dysentery in England and Wales notified in 1983 and 1984 is given in the OPCS Monitor, copies of which are in the Library. The provisional nurnbers of notifications of cases of dysentery in Bradford in 1983 and in 1984 to date are 380 and 1,381, respectively. As regards the current outbreak of dysentery in Bradford, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 18 June at column63.