§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children died of tuberculosis in the Portsmouth health district area in the last five years.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information is shown in the table.
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Deaths from Tuberculosis (excluding late effects) Males and Females aged 0 to 14 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire District Health Authority 1980 to 1984 Year Number 1980* Male — Female — 1981* Male — Female 1 1982 Male — Female — 1983 Male — Female — 1984 Male — Female — * 1980 and 1981 figures are for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health district.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many adults in the Portsmouth health district area died of tuberculosis in the last five years.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe figures are given in the table.
Deaths from Tuberculosis (excluding late effects), Males and Females Aged 15 and Over, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire District Health Authority, 1980 to 1984 Year Number 1980* Male 1 Female — 1981* Male 4 Female 2 1982 Male 1 Female 1 1983 Male 3 Female 2 1984 Male 3 Female 1 * 1980 and 1981 figures are for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health district.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the rate of notifications of tuberculosis among the population in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health district area for the last five years.
§ Mr. WhitneyNotifications of tuberculosis are made to the local medical officer of environmental health (proper officer) for each local government district, and are therefore generally not available for health districts.
The table shows the corrected notification rates for the county districts of Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport and Havant, all of which fall wholly within the boundary of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire district health authority.
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Notifications of Tuberculosis: Number and Rate per million population, Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport and Havant County Districts 1980–1984 Years Numbers Rates 1980 23 48.8 1981 25 53.4 1982 31 65.9 1983 37 77.7 1984 29 60.9