§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if any outbreak of Legionnaire's disease has been reported in any hospitals in the Wirral and Liverpool area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeOne isolated case was recently admitted to a Liverpool hospital and Legionnaire's disease was later confirmed. A second suspected case was admitted to a Wirral hospital but the disease has not been confirmed. I am afraid that it appears to be a feature of this disease that isolated sporadic cases occur regularly all over the country and no specific origin of the infection is usually detected.