HC Deb 19 June 1986 vol 99 c588W
Mr. Allen Adams

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what evidence is available to his Department about any correlation between the incidence of Legionella and the use of water fittings which do not comply with British safety standards.

Mr. Whitney

Legionella pneumophila is an organism commonly found in water. Although there is some laboratory evidence that certain materials used in fittings —for example, washers—may support microbial growth, no outbreak of infection has been directly attributable to water fittings.